Showbiz Politics
Hollywood in American Political Life
By Kathryn Cramer Brownell
328 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 11 halftones, notes, bibl., index
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-4224-6
Published: February 2018 -
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4696-1791-6
Published: November 2014 -
E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-1-4696-1792-3
Published: November 2014 -
E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-4597-9
Published: November 2014
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About the Author
Kathryn Cramer Brownell is assistant professor of history at Purdue University.
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Reviews
“Brownell writes clearly, concisely, and incisively.”--Choice
"A valuable addition to the academic literature on the history of political advertising, the use of media in the political field and celebrity activism."--Cercles
“Brownell’s intriguing study challenges readers to consider an important transformation in modern American political life. She reveals that 'showbiz politics' were not just an amusing sideshow; instead, they became an integral part of opinion-shaping and governance.”--American Historical Review
“Brownell has authored a well-written and well-researched book that will command the attention of historians interested in how politics work in modern America. The evidence and materials she has brought together will provide historians with a new way to explore what has been lacking in the study of the United States: how art intersects with political power.”--Lary May, in the Canadian Journal of History
“This book makes clear that Hollywood entertainers, moguls ,and marketers became hugely powerful within our political culture—particularly related to the presidency—way before Reagan.”--Journal of American History
"In a superb book that will command immediate attention, Brownell takes familiar material and mixes it with new findings in such a way as to make the seemingly familiar new. One of the most sweeping studies of Hollywood and politics, Showbiz Politics places the evolving relationship between show business and those seeking the White House at the center of modern American politics."--Steven Ross, University of Southern California
Multimedia & Links
Visit the author's website, kathryncramerbrownell.com.
Listen: Brownell talks to Joel Tscherne for the New Books in Film podcast. (4/10/2015, running time 1:07:16)
Watch: Brownell joins MSNBC's The Cycle for a discussion of presidents and Hollywood, from Hoover to Obama, from the campaign trail to The Colbert Report. (12/11/2014)
Watch: Brownell talks to WLFI's News 18 This Morning about the book. (12/4/2014)