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Entertainment Nation

Name: Entertainment Nation
Brand: Smithsonian Books
SKU: 9781588347244-PRUSDTR
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How Music, Television, Film, Sports, and Theater Shaped the United States

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Edition: US - Hardback

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272 pages • 23.37 x 28.68 x 2.51 cm

Approx. weight: 1.48 kg

Publication date: 01 Nov,2022

Barcode/ ISBN: 9781588347244 • Smithsonian Books

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By: NMAH

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

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.