TY - BOOK
T1 - Celebrity Activism and Philanthropy in Asia
T2 - Toward a Cosmopolitical Imaginary
AU - Lau, Dorothy W S
N1 - The publication of this book is made possible by a grant from UGC RGC Competitive Research Funding Schemes, Hong Kong SAR.
PY - 2024/7/1
Y1 - 2024/7/1
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.
AB - 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://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463720090/celebrity-activism-and-philanthropy-in-asia
UR - https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048557066/celebrity-activism-and-philanthropy-in-asia
UR - https://www.routledge.com/Celebrity-Activism-and-Philanthropy-in-Asia-Toward-a-Cosmopolitical-Imaginary/Lau/p/book/9789463720090
U2 - 10.5117/9789463720090
DO - 10.5117/9789463720090
M3 - Book or report
SN - 9789463720090
SN - 9781041176633
T3 - Asian Visual Cultures
BT - Celebrity Activism and Philanthropy in Asia
PB - Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
CY - London
ER -