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1 online resource (257 pages) |
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Rethinking Development |
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Rethinking development.
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CELEBRITY HUMANITARIANISM AND NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS -- FRONT COVER; CELEBRITY HUMANITARIANISM AND NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS; TITLE PAGE ; COPYRIGHT PAGE ; DEDICATION ; CONTENTS; FIGURES; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: CELEBRITY HUMANITARIANISM AND NORTH -- SOUTH RELATIONS -- POLITICS, PLACE AND POWER; Why is it important to understand celebrity humanitarianism?; Situating celebrity humanitarianism within contemporary academic debates; Defining the concepts: "celebrity," "North-South relations" and "humanitarianism"; Organization of the book; Conclusion: politics, place and power |
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NotesReferences; PART I: CELEBRITY IMPACT IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH; CHAPTER 1: ANGELINA JOLIE AND THE EVERYDAY GEOPOLITICS OF CELEBRITY HUMANITARIANISM IN A THAILAND-BURMA BORDER TOWN; Introduction; The everyday geopolitics of celebrity humanitarianism ; The celebrity cosmopolitan aesthetic ; Conclusions ; Notes ; References ; CHAPTER 2: MADONNA IN MALAWI: CELEBRITIZED INTERVENTIONS AND LOCAL POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH; Introduction ; Context: the politics of development in Malawi ; Introduction to Raising Malawi |
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Theoretical approaches to celebrity humanitarianism and local politics of development Methodology ; Debating Madonna -- the humanitarian ; Conclusion: celebrities and elite politics in the South ; Notes ; References ; CHAPTER 3: MUHAMMAD YUNUS: A BANGLADESHI AID CELEBRITY; Aid celebrity: theory and methodology ; Narrating a life in the Global South ; The rise of microcredit ; The limits of aid celebrity ; Conclusion ; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; CHAPTER 4: SOPHIE'S SPECIAL SECRET: PUBLIC FEELING, CONSUMPTION AND CELEBRITY ACTIVISM IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA ; Introduction |
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Context: a better life for all? Theoretical approaches to helping others: colonialism, consumption and celebrity ; Methodology: soap opera and self-making ; Analysis: Sophie Ndaba as gendered celebrity commodity ; Consumption and/as giving back in the present ; Self and/as Other ; Conclusions; Notes ; References ; CHAPTER 5: CELEBRITY PHILANTHROPY IN CHINA : THE POLITICAL CRITIQUE OF PU CUNXIN'S AIDS HEROISM; Celebrity health activism and the cultivation of HIV knowledge in China ; The "AIDS hero" and the cultivation of Pu Cunxin ; Heroism, civility and philanthropic acts in China |
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Conclusion: heroes emerge in troubled times Notes ; Images available online ; References; PART II: CELEBRITIZATION, PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY, AND THE DONOR NORTH ; CHAPTER 6: BEN AFFLECK GOES TO WASHINGTON: CELEBRITY ADVOCACY, ACCESS AND INFLUENCE; Background on the case ; Literature review ; Methodology ; Affleck takes up the cause of eastern Congo ; Williamsworks and Affleck co-found an organization ; Launching ECI ; Eastern Congo Initiative mediates between North and South ; Grant-making in the South ; Conclusion ; Notes; References |
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Chapter 7: humanitarian relief worker sean penn : a contextual story |
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Print version record |
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Humanitarianism -- Developing countries -- Case studies
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Celebrities -- Political activity -- Case studies
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Celebrities -- Political activity
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Humanitarianism
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Developing countries
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315721187 |
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131572118X |
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