About this title: Why are we so deeply interested in celebrity lives and loves, their endlessly repeated journey from rising star to inevitable flame out? In spite of extreme fame, fortune, and opportunity, why do their lives always seem so steeped in drama? And-most important - how are their lives changing ours? In this shattering new book, authors Drew Pinsky and S. Mark Young offer an eye-opening new look at our celebrity-crazed culture - from what drives people to seek fame in the first place, to how our obsession with celebrity is changing the emotional landscape. Drawing upon an unprecedented academic ...
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Binding: book Hardcover
Publisher: Harpercollins
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780061582332ISBN:0061582336
Description: Brand New. Brand new. Never read or owned. May have a remainder mark. 271 pages. 9.30 x 6.50 x 1.00 in. 15.2 oz. A host of--Loveline. examines how celebrity popularity is adversely shaping American culture, arguing that many of today's famous people have narcissistic personalities and inclinations toward attention-seeking behaviors. By the author of--Cracked. 100, 000 first printing. Portions of this page Copyright 1995-2009 Muze Inc. Dr. Drew Pinsky first became famous as the empathetic host ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harpercollins
Date Published: 2009-03-01
ISBN-13:9780061582332ISBN:0061582336
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780061582332ISBN:0061582336
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS INC Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780061582332ISBN:0061582336
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 288 pages. Why are we so deeply interested in celebrity lives and loves, their endlessly repeated journey from rising star to inevitable flame out? in spite of extreme fame, fortune, and opportunity, why do their lives always seem so steeped in drama? and-most important-how are their lives changing ours? this book answers these questions. (Hardback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780061582332ISBN:0061582336
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780061582332ISBN:0061582336
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Description: New. The widely respected addiction and behavior specialist explores the role of narcissism in America's celebrity culture--and reveals how it is damaging not only society but individual lives. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers Inc
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780061582332ISBN:0061582336
Description: New. Why are we so deeply interested in celebrity lives and loves, their endlessly repeated journey from rising star to inevitable flame out? In spite of extreme fame, fortune, and opportunity, why do their lives always seem so steeped in drama? And-most i... read more
"I love dr. drew, and it was great that I could hear his voice when i read the book. It read very much like my sociology books in college (which I expected), so it was a little dry and repetitive. The last few chapters were the best, when he actually got to the meat of the story.
I took the test afterward, and found myself at about the average level of narcissism, with tendencies toward authority and slight hints of superiority. Not at all surprised. :)"
"I read this at the library during one of the kids workshops and found his studies elementary at best and overtly obvious. He interviewed only a handful of comedians and mainly detailed the publics infatuation with the weekly rags and websites such as Perez and TMZ. Celebrities are narcissists who are emulated by the public, who would have thought? I actually think Dr. Drew would score very high on his own little "are you a narcissist" quiz."
"I learned a lot from this book. I've learned to recognize the narcissistic traits in my personality, and hopefully I can keep them minimal to help improve my interpersonal relationships. I now understand how truly harmful celebrity gossip (and even personal gossip in general) can be. We all do it, but really these people need professional help to get back to a normal state. These are cries for help, not actions that should be mirrored and mimicked. Some of these things we all know, but it has practically become part of our DNA to heckle and put down people who are failing. That needs to change if we want our children to grow up normally, etc. Good stuff."
"The book was a good read but-I thing the subject of Narcissim was better covered by Jean M. Twenge. Pinsky seems to be stuck with the Freudian view of Narcissism. He could have expanded into other areas of this trait. Do read though. He is a good writer."
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