ABSTRACT

During the late eighteenth century, the emergence of popular and print culture facilitated the rise of celebrity and created an environment in which women’s bodies were consistently sexualized and materialized. Women increasingly became the targets of public scrutiny as printed texts and images proliferated. This paper traces this distinct kind of celebrity and its relationship with gendered discourses of the period. Utilizing Sarah Siddons (1755–1831) and Mary Robinson (1757–1800) as case studies, this paper examines how they accumulated celebrity, investigates the social and cultural aspects of celebrity culture, and explores the intersections of celebrity and femininity at that time. This paper argues for the significance of celebrity actresses and their roles in the shifting development of a celebrity in the late 1700s, illustrating how a modern kind of celebrity discourse emerged, and helping us understand celebrity culture in its current form.

摘要

在 18 世纪后期，流行文化和印刷文化的出现促进了名人的崛起，并创造了一种女性身体不断被性感化和物化的环境。随着印刷文本和图像的激增，女性越来越成为公众监督的目标。本文追溯了这种独特类型的名人及其与该时期性别话语的关系。本文以莎拉·西登斯（Sarah Siddons，1755-1831）和玛丽·罗宾逊（Mary Robinson，1757-1800）作为案例研究，考察他们如何积累名人，调查名人文化的社会和文化方面，并探讨当时名人与女性气质的交集。本文论证了名人女演员的重要性及其在 1700 年代后期名人转变发展中的作用，