{"product_id":"humanitarianism-and-modern-culture-2-essays-on-human-rights-9780271036786","title":"Humanitarianism and Modern Culture 2 Essays on","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn examination of humanitarianism in Western society. Argues that humanitarianism has become a staple part of modern media and celebrity culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In all the frenzy of celebrity humanitarianism, where famous idols call attention to the world’s suffering (and to themselves), Keith Tester’s trenchant book provides the critical eye necessary to understand how Western culture exploits humanitarian crisis. In the field of human rights today, there is a disturbing trend toward making human rights another cause célèbre, packaged for the consumption of the world’s fortunate consumers. How has the commercialization and consumerization of human rights affected the course of global emancipation from suffering? Tester’s book provides some unsettling but crucial answers.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Thomas Cushman,Wellesley College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHumanitarianism and Modern Culture \u003c\/i\u003eis a timely and fascinating book that cuts across reportage of pop literary references to illuminate our understanding of the role of popular culture in shaping humanitarian discourse.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Ruti Teitel,Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law, New York Law School\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Tester charmingly revives the spirit of Roland Barthes’ \u003ci\u003eMythologies \u003c\/i\u003e(1957) in a few wonderful, deconstructive readings of Bob Geldof’s photographs of Africa, which illustrate his claim that Western humanitarianism rests on a number of mythic images and aestheticizing notions of cultural difference, for example the \"gorgeous Ethiopian.\"”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Matthew Specter \u003ci\u003eHuman Rights Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Out of “Africa”\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Saving Birhan\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Madonna and Child\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\t \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penn State University","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51455975031127,"sku":"9780271036786","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271036786.jpg?v=1755033273","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/humanitarianism-and-modern-culture-2-essays-on-human-rights-9780271036786","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}