Humanitarianism and Modern Culture

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

1. Out of “Africa”

2. Saving Birhan

3. Madonna and Child

Conclusion

References

Index

“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