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Preliminary Pages

Contents

Introduction: The Challenge of Transnational Celebrity Activism: Background, Aim and Scope of the Book

Part I Transnational Celebrity Activism, Diplomacy and Global Politics

Chapter 1: Bringing the Individuals Back in? Celebrities as Transnational Activists

Chapter 2: Celebrity Politics and Cultural Citizenship: UN Goodwill Ambassadors and Messengers of Peace

Chapter 3: The Cosmopolitan-Communitarian Divide and Celebrity Anti-war Activism

Part II Transnational Celebrity Activism and Conflict

Chapter 4: ‘Creating a Groundswell or Getting on the Bandwagon? Celebrities, the Media and Distant Conflict’

Chapter 5: Can Celebrity Save Diplomacy? Appropriating Wisdom through ‘The Elders’

Chapter 6: Fighting Superior Military Power in Chiapas, Mexico: Celebrity Activism and its Limitations

Chapter 7: ‘Hollywood Goes to the Eastern Mediterranean: Spiro S. Skouras and ‘Unorthodox Power’, 1940s and 1950s

Part III Celebrity Activism, Global Humanitarianism and the Global South

Chapter 8: Consuming Ethics: Conflict Diamonds, the Entertainment Industry and Celebrity Activism

Chapter 9: The Global Politics of Celebrity Humanitarianism

Chapter 10: Madonna’s Adoptions: Celebrity Activism, Justice and Civil Society in the Global South

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

Chapter 12: Calling a New Tune for Africa? Analysing a Celebrity-led Campaign to Redefine the Debate on Africa

Chapter 13: Fame and Symbolic Value in Celebrity Activism and Diplomacy

Chapter 14: Celebrity Culture and Postcolonial Relations within the Portuguese Media Landscape: The Case of Catarina Furtado

Chapter 15: Big Dog Celebrity Activists: Barking up the Wrong Tree

Conclusion: Making Sense of Transnational Celebrity Activism: Causes, Methods and Consequences

Notes on Contributors

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