{"product_id":"celebrity-activism-and-philanthropy-in-dorothy-lau-9789463720090","title":"Celebrity Activism and Philanthropy in Asia: Toward a Cosmopolitical Imaginary","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorothy Lau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 946372009X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789463720090\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amsterdam University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Dorothy Lau","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46807116447999,"sku":"9789463720090","price":126.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_06bd2a95-fd16-4967-b355-6e662b3d0f95.jpg?v=1745378594","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/celebrity-activism-and-philanthropy-in-dorothy-lau-9789463720090","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}