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Leo Braudy

Pop culture expert specializing in fame, celebrity, mass media and masculinity

USC University Professor
Holder of the Leo S. Bing Chair in English and American Literature
Professor of English, USC College of Letters, Art and Sciences
Holder of joint appointments in history and art history, USC College; critical studies, USC School of Cinematic Arts

Contact at: (213) 740-3751 or braudy@usc.edu


Expertise:
  • history of fiction
  • 17th and 18th century British literature
  • mass media and pop culture
  • fame, celebrity
  • film history
  • genre movies (horror, Western, musical, etc.)
  • war and masculinity
Additional Information:
  • Author, From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity (2003), Native Informant: Essays on Film, Fiction and Popular Culture (1992), The Frenzy of Renown: Fame and Its History (1986), The World in a Frame: What We See in Films (1976), Jean Renoir: The World of His Films (1972) and Narrative Form in History and Fiction: Hume, Fielding and Gibbon (1970)
  • Author of essays and reviews in various publications, including Film Quarterly, New York Times, Book Review, Commentary and the New Republic.

More:
For stories about Leo Braudy, see "The Masculine Mystique" and "Rules of Engagement."

Biographical information can be found at:

http://college.usc.edu/cf/faculty-and-staff/faculty.cfm?pid=1003128