Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
1. Out of “Africa”
2. Saving Birhan
3. Madonna and Child
Conclusion
References
Index
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Description
“Tester charmingly revives the spirit of Roland Barthes’ Mythologies (1957) in a few wonderful, deconstructive readings of Bob Geldof’s photographs of Africa, which illustrate his claim that Western humanitarianism rests on a number of mythic images and aestheticizing notions of cultural difference, for example the "gorgeous Ethiopian."”
—Matthew Specter, Human Rights Review