Transnational Celebrity Activism in Global Politics
Changing the World?

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- Contents
- Review Quotes

Liza Tsaliki, Christos A. Frangonikolopoulos, Asteris Huliaras
Part I: Transnational Celebrity Activism, Diplomacy and Global Politics
Chapter 1: Bringing the Individuals Back in? Celebrities as Transnational Activists
Asteris Huliaras and Nikolaos Tzifakis
Chapter 2: Celebrity Politics and Cultural Citizenship: UN Goodwill Ambassadors and Messengers of Peace
Mark Wheeler
Chapter 3: The Cosmopolitan-Communitarian Divide and Celebrity Anti-war Activism
Annika Bergman Rosamond
Part II: Transnational Celebrity Activism and Conflict
Chapter 4: ‘Creating a Groundswell or Getting on the Bandwagon? Celebrities, the Media and Distant Conflict’
Virgil Hawkins
Chapter 5: Can Celebrity Save Diplomacy? Appropriating Wisdom through ‘The Elders’
Henk Huijser and Jinna Tay
Chapter 6: Fighting Superior Military Power in Chiapas, Mexico: Celebrity Activism and its Limitations
Roy Krøvel
Chapter 7: Hollywood Goes to the Eastern Mediterranean: Spiro S. Skouras and ‘Unorthodox Power’, 1940s and 1950s
Evanthis Hatzivassiliou and Georgios Kazamias
Part III: Celebrity Activism, Global Humanitarianism and the Global South
Chapter 8: Consuming Ethics: Conflict Diamonds, the Entertainment Industry and Celebrity Activism
Sue Tait
Chapter 9: The Global Politics of Celebrity Humanitarianism
Riina Yrjölä
Chapter 10: Madonna’s Adoptions: Celebrity Activism, Justice and Civil Society in the Global South
Graham Finlay
Part IV: Transnational Celebrity Activism, ‘Celebrityhood’ and Media Representations
Chapter 11: Linking Small Arms, Child Soldiers, NGOs and Celebrity Activism: Nicolas Cage and the Lord of War
Michael Stohl, Cynthia Stohl and Rachel Stohl
Chapter 12: Calling a New Tune for Africa? Analysing a Celebrity-led Campaign to Redefine the Debate on Africa
Dorothy Njoroge
Chapter 13: Fame and Symbolic Value in Celebrity Activism and Diplomacy
George Pleios
Chapter 14: Celebrity Culture and Postcolonial Relations within the Portuguese Media Landscape: The Case of Catarina Furtado
Ana Jorge
Chapter 15: Big Dog Celebrity Activists: Barking up the Wrong Tree
Varihi Scot
Conclusion: Making Sense of Transnational Celebrity Activism: Causes, Methods and Consequences
Liza Tsaliki, Christos Frangonikolopoulos and Asteris Huliaras
Notes on Contributors
"Celebrities stir the public to handwringing, but effect few fundamental changes. . . . This well-edited book offers thoughtful analysis and recommendations on the politics and challenges behind the modern gold rush to do good deeds."—YaleGlobal Online
Political Science: Political Behavior and Public Opinion
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