Entetainment Nation: How Music, Television, Film, Sports, and Theater Shaped the United States Featuring...

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Entetainment Nation

How Music, Television, Film, Sports, and Theater Shaped the United States Featuring Iconic Smithsonian...

Kenneth Cohen (Kenneth Cohen), John W. Troutman (John W. Troutman), John Troutman , Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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Smithsonian Books
15 December 2022

Popular culture

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

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.

Foreword by: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Edited by: Kenneth Cohen (Kenneth Cohen), John W. Troutman (John W. Troutman), John Troutman
Imprint: Smithsonian Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 229mm,
Weight: 2g
ISBN: 9781588347244
ISBN 10: 1588347249
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 15 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Entetainment Nation: How Music, Television, Film, Sports, and Theater Shaped the United States Featuring Iconic Smithsonian Collections

BOOKLIST This lively and interesting book turns a spotlight on nearly 300 key artifacts (a fraction of the more than a million objects in the Smithsonian's collection) and sets them in social and historical context through a series of essays. [...] With this book in hand, those unable to visit the Smithsonian in person can enjoy these national treasures. NEIL'S ENTERTAINMENT PICKS How powerful is the influence of entertainment? Pretty potent, according to Entertainment Nation (Smithsonian), an engrossing dive into the wide-ranging effects of movies, TV, music and spectator sports. The handsome volume includes 225 photos of artifacts from the Smithsonian's pop culture collection, including Frank Sinatra's bowtie, Cyndi Lauper's dress and a costume from The Handmaid's Tale. -Neil Pond, former Entertainment Editor at Parade