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Lilie Chouliaraki - The Ironic Spectator: Solidarity in the Age of Post-Humanitarianism - 9780745642116 - V9780745642116
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The Ironic Spectator: Solidarity in the Age of Post-Humanitarianism

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Description for The Ironic Spectator: Solidarity in the Age of Post-Humanitarianism Paperback. WINNER of the 2015 ICA Outstanding Book Award This path-breaking book explores how solidarity towards vulnerable others is performed in our media environment. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
WINNER of the 2015 ICA Outstanding Book Award

This path-breaking book explores how solidarity towards vulnerable others is performed  in our media environment. It argues that stories where famine is described through our own experience of dieting  or or where solidarity with Africa translates into wearing a cool armband tell us about much more than the cause that they attempt to communicate. They tell us something about the ways in which we imagine the world outside ourselves.

By showing historical change in Amnesty International and Oxfam appeals, in the Live Aid and Live 8 concerts, in the advocacy of Audrey ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745642116
SKU
V9780745642116
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Lilie Chouliaraki
Lilie Chouliaraki is Professor of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics.

Reviews for The Ironic Spectator: Solidarity in the Age of Post-Humanitarianism
WINNER of the 2015 ICA Outstanding Book Award "This book achieves a rare combination of opening new analytical and theoretical ground while retaining direct and lucid engagement with critical and urgent human concerns." —The British Journal of Sociology "The Ironic Spectator, therefore, is not only an eminent work of media studies scholarship that presents a detailed ... Read more

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