Transnational Celebrity Activism in Global Politics

Lisa Tsaliki is a lecturer in communications and mass media at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.Christos Frangonikolopoulos is assistant professor in politics and international relations at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.Asteris Huliaras is professor of comparative politics at the University of Peloponnese.

• Introduction: The Challenge of Transnational Celebrity Activism: Background, Aim and Scope of the Book – Liza Tsaliki, Christos Frangonikolopoulos and Asteris Huliaras PART I: TRANSNATIONAL CELEBRITY ACTIVISM, DIPLOMACY AND GLOBAL POLITICS Chapter 1: Bringing the Individuals Back in? Celebrities as Transnational Activists – Asteris Huliaras and Nikolaos Tzifakis Chapter 2: Celebrity Politics and Cultural Citizenship: UN Goodwill Ambassadors and Messengers of Peace – Mark Wheeler Chapter 3: The Cosmopolitan-Communitarian Divide and Celebrity Anti-war Activism – Annika Bergman Rosamond PART II: TRANSNATIONAL CELEBRITY ACTIVISM AND CONFLICT Chapter 4: ‘Creating a Groundswell or Getting on the Bandwagon? Celebrities, the Media and Distant Conflict’ – Virgil Hawkins Chapter 5: Can Celebrity Save Diplomacy? Appropriating Wisdom through ‘The Elders’ – Henk Huijser and Jinna Tay Chapter 6: Fighting Superior Military Power in Chiapas, Mexico: Celebrity Activism and its Limitations – Roy Krøvel Chapter 7: ‘Hollywood Goes to the Eastern Mediterranean: Spiro S. Skouras and ‘Unorthodox Power’, 1940s and 1950s – Evanthis Hatzivassiliou and Georgios Kazamias PART III: CELEBRITY ACTIVISM, GLOBAL HUMANITARIANISM AND THE GLOBAL SOUTH Chapter 8: Consuming Ethics: Conflict Diamonds, the Entertainment Industry and Celebrity Activism  – Sue Tait Chapter 9: The Global Politics of Celebrity Humanitarianism – Riina Yrjölä Chapter 10: Madonna’s Adoptions: Celebrity Activism, Justice and Civil Society in the Global South – Graham Finlay PART IV: TRANSNATIONAL CELEBRITY ACTIVISM, ‘CELEBRITYHOOD’ AND MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS Chapter 11: Linking Small Arms, Child Soldiers, NGOs and Celebrity Activism: Nicolas Cage and the Lord Of War – Michael Stohl, Cynthia Stohl and Rachel Stohl Chapter 12: Calling a New Tune for Africa? Analysing a Celebrity-led Campaign to Redefine the Debate on Africa – Dorothy Njoroge Chapter 13: Fame and Symbolic Value in Celebrity Activism and Diplomacy – George Pleios Chapter 14: Celebrity Culture and Postcolonial Relations within the Portuguese Media Landscape: The Case of Catarina Furtado – Ana Jorge Chapter 15: Big Dog Celebrity Activists: Barking up the Wrong Tree – Varihi Scott Conclusion: Making Sense of Transnational Celebrity Activism: Causes, Methods and Consequences – Liza Tsaliki, Christos Frangonikolopoulos and Asteris Huliaras