Batman saves the Congo : how celebrities disrupt the politics of development / Alexandra Cosima Budabin and Lisa Ann Richey.
Budabin, Alexandra Cosima, author.; Richey, Lisa Ann, author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2021
HV555.C75 B83 2021
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Title Batman saves the Congo : how celebrities disrupt the politics of development / Alexandra Cosima Budabin and Lisa Ann Richey.
Author Budabin, Alexandra Cosima, author.
ISBN 9781452961125 (electronic book)
1452961123 (electronic book)
9781452961132 (electronic book)
1452961131 (electronic book)
9781517907587
9781517907594
Published Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2021]
Language English
Description 1 online resource ( xxviii, 299 pages) : illustrations
Call Number HV555.C75 B83 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 338.91096751
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 27, 2021).
Added Author Richey, Lisa Ann, author.
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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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