Batman saves the Congo : how celebrities disrupt the politics of development /
Budabin, Alexandra Cosima,
Batman saves the Congo : how celebrities disrupt the politics of development / Alexandra Cosima Budabin and Lisa Ann Richey. - xxviii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"How celebrity strategic partnerships are disrupting humanitarian space"--
1517907586 1517907594 9781517907587 9781517907594
2020058650
Celebrities--Political activity--United States.
Economic development projects--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Humanitarian assistance--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Non-governmental organizations--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Public-private sector cooperation--Congo (Democratic Republic)
HV555 .C75 / B83 2021
338.91096751
Batman saves the Congo : how celebrities disrupt the politics of development / Alexandra Cosima Budabin and Lisa Ann Richey. - xxviii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"How celebrity strategic partnerships are disrupting humanitarian space"--
1517907586 1517907594 9781517907587 9781517907594
2020058650
Celebrities--Political activity--United States.
Economic development projects--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Humanitarian assistance--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Non-governmental organizations--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Public-private sector cooperation--Congo (Democratic Republic)
HV555 .C75 / B83 2021
338.91096751