Brand aid [electronic resource] : shopping well to save the world / Lisa Ann Richey and Stefano Ponte.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis [Minn.] : University of Minnesota Press, c2011.Description: xv, 253 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 361.2/6 22
LOC classification:
  • HC60 .R482 2011eb
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Contents:
Introduction: RED and the reinvention of international aid -- Band aid to brand aid: celebrity experts and expert celebrities -- The rock man's burden: fair vanity and virtual salvation -- Saving Africa: AIDS and the rebranding of aid -- Hard commerce: corporate social responsibility for distant others -- Doing good by shopping well: the rise of "causumer" culture -- Conclusion: celebrities, consumers, and everyone else.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: RED and the reinvention of international aid -- Band aid to brand aid: celebrity experts and expert celebrities -- The rock man's burden: fair vanity and virtual salvation -- Saving Africa: AIDS and the rebranding of aid -- Hard commerce: corporate social responsibility for distant others -- Doing good by shopping well: the rise of "causumer" culture -- Conclusion: celebrities, consumers, and everyone else.

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