The Mass Appeal of Human Rights

• Main Author: Pruce, Joel R. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Human Rights Interventions
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.