Batman saves the Congo : how celebrities disrupt the politics of development

Alexandra Cosima Budabin and Lisa Ann Richey

Introduction: Batman Saves the Congo -- Celebrity, Disruption, and Neoliberal Development -- Narrating the Congo: Dangerous Single Stories and the Organizations That Need Them -- Choosing the Congo: How a Celebrity Builds a Development Organization -- Marketing the Congo: Products That Sell Development -- Saving Congolese Coffee: Celebrities and the Business Model for Development -- Celebrities and the Local Politics of Development: As Seen from Kinshasa -- Conclusions on Celebrity and Development: Disruption, Advocacy, and Commodification -- Epilogue: COVID-19 and Making ECI Relevant Again.

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Year of publication:	2021
Authors:	Budabin, Alexandra Cosima ; Richey, Lisa Ann
Publisher:	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press
Subject:	Künstler \| Artists \| Sportler \| Athletes \| Wohltätigkeit \| Charity \| Humanitäre Hilfe \| Humanitarian aid \| Standortmarketing \| Place marketing \| Entwicklungsprojekt \| Development project \| Kongo (Demokratische Republik) \| Congo (Democratic Republic)
Description of contents:	"How celebrity strategic partnerships are disrupting humanitarian space." Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	xxviii, 299 Seiten Illustrationen
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	978-1-5179-0759-4 ; 978-1-5179-0758-7 ; 978-1-4529-6113-2
Classification:	Nord-Süd-Verhältnis
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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