Entertainment Nation: How Music, Television, Film, Sports, and Theater Shaped the United States - Hardcover
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Nmah, Kenneth Xcohen, John TroutmanPublish date:2022-11-01Pages:272
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Smithsonian BooksISBN-13:9781588347244ISBN-10:1588347249UPC:9781588347244Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Entertainment & Performing Arts, Television, Popular CultureBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:10.60 x 9.50 x 1.60 inchesWeight:3.254Product ID:SCV91M0A6T
US history gets the star treatment with this essential guide to the Smithsonian's first permanent exhibition on pop culture, featuring objects like Muhammad Ali's training robe, and Leonard Nimoy's Spock ears, and Dorothy's ruby slippers, oh my! Winner of the Popular Culture Association's Ray and Pat Browne Best Edited Reference/Primary Source Work in Popular Culture Award Entertainment Nation is a star-studded and richly illustrated book celebrating the best of 150 years of US pop culture. The book presents nearly 300 breathtaking Smithsonian objects from the first long-term exhibition on popular culture, and features contributors like Billie Jean King, Ali Wong, and Jill Lepore. Entertainment Nation offers the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, the passion and grit of star athletes, the limelight of the music industry and theater, and the amazing entertainers we love to watch, with dazzling cultural touchstones like: Music and Theater
Film and Television
Sports
The book includes essays that contextualize the objects' place in time and history, exploring how entertainment sparks conversation and debate, reveals social tensions and political power, and dictates who gets to be the hero or the villain. Taking a nostalgic look at old favorites and an exhilarating glimpse of contemporary attractions, Entertainment Nation is a love letter to pop culture.
- Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton costume
- John Coltrane's saxophone
- Selena's leather outfit
Film and Television
- Captain America's shield
- Mr. Roger's sweater
- Seinfeld's puffy shirt
Sports
- Mia Hamm's Olympic jersey
- Kristi Yamaguchi's ice skates
- Babe Ruth autographed baseball
The book includes essays that contextualize the objects' place in time and history, exploring how entertainment sparks conversation and debate, reveals social tensions and political power, and dictates who gets to be the hero or the villain. Taking a nostalgic look at old favorites and an exhilarating glimpse of contemporary attractions, Entertainment Nation is a love letter to pop culture.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Smithsonian BooksISBN-13:9781588347244ISBN-10:1588347249UPC:9781588347244Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Entertainment & Performing Arts, Television, Popular CultureBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:10.60 x 9.50 x 1.60 inchesWeight:3.254Product ID:SCV91M0A6T
KENNETH COHEN is Edward and Helen Hintz Secretarial Scholar and Curator at NMAH. His work on the intersection of politics, theater, and sport has appeared in academic and popular outlets such as NPR, Slate, and The Washington Post. JOHN W. TROUTMAN is curator of American music at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and project director for the Entertainment Nation exhibit.
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