Bibliograph

Batman saves the Congo, how celebrities disrupt the politics of development, Alexandra Cosima Budabin and Lisa Ann Richey

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Batman saves the Congo, how celebrities disrupt the politics of development, Alexandra Cosima Budabin and Lisa Ann Richey

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Batman saves the Congo

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

Alexandra Cosima Budabin and Lisa Ann Richey

Sub title

how celebrities disrupt the politics of development

Table Of Contents

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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