The Mass Appeal of Human Rights

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Pruce, Joel R. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Human Rights Interventions
• Θέματα: Globalization.; Human rights.; Communication.; International organization.; International humanitarian law.; Human Rights.; Media and Communication.; International Organization.; International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict.

This book narrates the integration of consumer culture into transnational human rights advocacy and explores its political impact. By examining tactics that include benefit concerts, graphic imagery of suffering, and branded outreach campaigns, the book details the evolution of human rights into a m...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction: 'You, Elie Wiesel, and Paris Hilton'
• 2. Mass Appeals for the Rights of Others
• 3. Benefit Concerts, Constituencies of Compassion, and the Culture Industry
• 4. The Spectacle of Suffering, Transnational Witnessing, and Solidarity
• 5. Bumper Sticker Advocacy and the Branding of Save Darfur
• 6. Reclaiming Human Rights as a Politics of Resistance.