TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lau,Dorothy
TI  - Celebrity Activism and Philanthropy in Asia: Toward a Cosmopolitical Imaginary 
T2  - Asian Visual Cultures
SN  - 9789048557066
AV  - BJ1470.5 .L38 2024
U1  - 306.4 23/eng/20240617
PY  - 2024///]
CY  - Amsterdam
PB  - Amsterdam University Press
KW  - Activism
KW  - Asia
KW  - Celebrities
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Humanitarianism
KW  - AUP Wetenschappelijk
KW  - Amsterdam University Press
KW  - Asian Studies
KW  - Contemporary Society
KW  - Cultural Studies
KW  - Fan and Audience Studies
KW  - Media Studies
KW  - Sociology and Social History
KW  - ART / Popular Culture
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Celebrity activism, celebrity philanthropy, cosmopolitics, Asia, civic mobilizations
N1  - Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Acknowledgement --; Introduction --; 1. Bollywood Stardom and Advocacy : Aamir Khan’s Crossover Persona and the Imagined Sino-Indian Relations --; 2. Beyond the K-pop Spectacle : BTS’ “Love Myself” Campaign, Celebrity Diplomacy, and Fan Activism --; 3. Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Eco-Activist Persona --; 4. Denise Ho’s Celebrity Activism in Contemporary Hong Kong --; 5. The “Sales Queen” Doing Good : Weiya and the Wanghong Philanthropy in China’s Live-Streaming Landscape --; 6. Global Pandemic and the Inter-Asian Discourse of Celebrity : The Rise of a New Form of Solidarity --; Conclusion --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Recent years have witnessed the increasing visibility of Asian celebrities in activism, advocacy, diplomacy, philanthropy, and ambassadorship but this phenomenon is under-explored. This volume provides a critical intervention in celebrity activism and philanthropy by examining the civic imaginaries and mobilisations of Asian celebrities-turned-activists or philanthropists, alongside an array of significations and tensions involved. The analysis anchors on a roster of high-profile Asian icons including Bollywood star Aamir Khan, K-pop sensation BTS, Cantopop singer Denise Ho, and Chinese live-streamer Weiya, who exhibit universal morals while underscoring local or regional affiliations as propelled by expansive media networks. Adopting cosmopolitics as the methodological frame, this volume suggests “muliversal consciousness,” a staple to code the star-powered goodwill in times of disjuncture and rupture. To its critical ends, this book attempts to disrupt the Eurocentric tendency in the discursive construction of celebrity-cause dynamics, disentangling the complexities of Asian power, global citizenship, and techno-capitalist logics
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048557066?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048557066
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789048557066/original
ER  -