Reviews for Celebrity Nation
Feeling Obsessed With Celebrities? Princeton Author Landon Jones Can Explain That
—TAPinto Princeton, July 12, 2023
(pdf copy)
“Combining memoir, literary insight and academic research, Celebrity Nation is a triumph of human insight.”
—Milken Institute Review, June 23, 2023
(pdf copy)
The good, the bad and the ugly of celebrity memoirs.
—The Sydney Morning Herald, June 23, 2023
(pdf copy)
“As a nation, Jones argues, we worship celebrities. But we no longer have heroes.”
—Princeton Alumni Weekly, May 8, 2023
(pdf copy)
“Landon Jones has written a book that achieves the perfect balance of academic and pop culture enlightenment. ”
—TAPinto Princeton, May 6, 2023
(pdf copy)
“Jones is an astute chronicler of celebrity culture. ”
—Publisher’s Weekly, March 10 , 2023
“This is a well-researched, astute examination of the blurred lines between heroes and celebrities. The book’s narrative and plot points are immensely readable...
The book covers a vast amount of ground and draws on a mix of academic studies and less scholarly sources to showcase the ubiquity of fame and its impact. The end result is a fascinating look at a theoretical concept, made real by the examples the author is so deeply fluent in from his years at People.”
—Library Journal, March 1, 2023
“A disquieting, well-researched exploration of the celebrity phenomenon and its consequences for our society.”
(pdf copy)
Feeling Obsessed With Celebrities? Princeton Author Landon Jones Can Explain That
—TAPinto Princeton, July 12, 2023
(pdf copy)
“Combining memoir, literary insight and academic research, Celebrity Nation is a triumph of human insight.”
—Milken Institute Review, June 23, 2023
(pdf copy)
The good, the bad and the ugly of celebrity memoirs.
—The Sydney Morning Herald, June 23, 2023
(pdf copy)
“As a nation, Jones argues, we worship celebrities. But we no longer have heroes.”
—Princeton Alumni Weekly, May 8, 2023
(pdf copy)
“Landon Jones has written a book that achieves the perfect balance of academic and pop culture enlightenment. ”
—TAPinto Princeton, May 6, 2023
(pdf copy)
“Jones is an astute chronicler of celebrity culture. ”
—Publisher’s Weekly, March 10 , 2023
“This is a well-researched, astute examination of the blurred lines between heroes and celebrities. The book’s narrative and plot points are immensely readable...
The book covers a vast amount of ground and draws on a mix of academic studies and less scholarly sources to showcase the ubiquity of fame and its impact. The end result is a fascinating look at a theoretical concept, made real by the examples the author is so deeply fluent in from his years at People.”
—Library Journal, March 1, 2023
“A disquieting, well-researched exploration of the celebrity phenomenon and its consequences for our society.”
(pdf copy)