Conceptualising celebrity activists: the case of Tamsin Omond

Celebrity Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 311-324

  McCurdy, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

celebrity activists; climate change; conspicuous activism; politics; protest; Tamsin Omond

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887072597     PISSN: 19392397     EISSN: 19392400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19392397.2013.831627     Document Type: Article

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