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Human rights discourse in a global network : books beyond borders / Lena Khor.

Khor, Lena.
2013
JC571 .K487 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
Human rights discourse in a global network : books beyond borders / Lena Khor.
Author
Khor, Lena.
ISBN
9781409431176 (hardcover)
1409431177 (hardcover)
Published
Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate Publishing Company, [2013]
Language
English
Description
x, 294 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
JC571 .K487 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
323
Summary
Rather than viewing human rights as an immutable and ill-defined entity, Khor argues for the recognition of human rights as a social construct comprised of language and language use. Her case studies of Doctors Without Borders, Paul Rusesabagina and Hotel Rwanda, and Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost support a new theoretical framework based on a global discourse network of human rights that enables textual and human actors to increase their power as speaking subjects.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Human rights discourse and its global network
Human rights survivors as multitude : Paul Rusesabagina, Hotel Rwanda, and An ordinary man
Human rights heroes/humanitarian saviors as empire and counter empire : Médecins sans Frontières (MSF), its Nobel Peace Prize lecture, and Doctorswithoutborders.org
Literal and literary bystanders as multitude and the common : Michael Ondaatje, Anil's ghost, and its critical reception
Conclusion : The global-national and human-personal paradoxes of human rights discourse.

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