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Humanitarian Aid and the Impoverished Rhetoric of Celebrity Advocacy (Hardcover, New edition)
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Humanitarian Aid and the Impoverished Rhetoric of Celebrity Advocacy (Hardcover, New edition)
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Providing a comparative study on celebrity advocacy - from the work
of Bono, George Clooney, Madonna, Greg Mortenson, and Kim
Kardashian West - this book provides scholars and readers with a
better understanding of some of the short-term and long-term
impacts of various forms of celebrity activism. Each chapter
illustrates how the impoverished rhetoric of celebrities often
privileges the voices of those in the Global North over the efforts
of local NGOs who have been working for years at addressing the
same humanitarian crises. Whether we are talking about the building
of schools for young women in Afghanistan or the satellite
surveillance of potential genocidal acts carried out in the Sudan,
various forms of celebrity advocacy resonate with scholars and
members of the public who want to be seen "doing something." The
author argues that more often than not, celebrity advocacy enhances
a celebrity's reputation - but hinders the efforts of those who ask
us to pay attention to the historical, structural, and material
causes of these humanitarian crises.
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