From Street into the World: Towards a Politicised Reading of Celebrity Humanitarianism

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 357-374

  Yrjölä, Riina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Celebrity; Humanitarianism

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICS;

EID: 84863315579     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2011.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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