Lights, Camera, Feminism?
Celebrities and Anti-trafficking Politics
Prof. Samantha Majic
- 312 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Lights, Camera, Feminism?
Celebrities and Anti-trafficking Politics
Prof. Samantha Majic
About This Book
Celebrities in the United States have drawn significant attention and resources to the complex issue of human traffickingâa subject of feminist concernâand they are often criticized for promoting sensationalized and simplistic understandings of the issue. In this comprehensive analysis of celebrities' anti-trafficking activism, however, Samantha Majic finds that this phenomenon is more nuanced: even as some celebrities promote regressive issue narratives and carceral solutions, others use their platforms to elevate more diverse representations of human trafficking and feminist analyses of gender inequality. Lights, Camera, Feminism? thus argues that we should understand celebrities as multilevel political actors whose activism is shaped and mediated by a range of personal and contextual factors, with implications for feminist and democratic politics more broadly.