In: New German Historical Perspectives 9
From Christian missionary publications to the media strategies employed by today's NGOs, this interdisciplinary collection explores the entangled histories of humanitarianism and media. It traces the emergence of humanitarian imagery in the West and investigates how the meanings of suffering and aid have been constructed in a period of evolving mass communication, demonstrating the extent to which many seemingly new phenomena in fact have long historical legacies. Ultimately, the critical histories collected here help to challenge existing asymmetries and help those who advocate a new cosmopolitan consciousness recognizing the dignity and rights of others
In: New German historical perspectives volume 9
In: New German historical perspectives volume 9
Humanitarianism and media : introduction to an entangled history / Johannes Paulmann -- Humanitarian imagery -- Promoting distant children in need : Christian imagery in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries / Katharina Stornig -- "Make the situation real to us without stressing the horrors" : children, photography and humanitarianism in the Spanish civil war / Rose Holmes -- Humanitarianism on the screen : the ICRC films, 1921-1965 / Daniel Palmieri -- "People who once were human beings like you and me" : why allied atrocity films of liberated nazi concentration camps in 1944-46 maximized the horror and universalized the victims / Ulrike Weckel -- The polemics of pity : British photographs of Berlin, 1945-1947 / Paul Betts -- The human gaze : photography after 1945 / Tobias Weidner -- Humanitarian media regimes -- On fishing in other peoples ponds : the freedom from hunger campaign, international fundraising, and the ethics of ngo publicity / Heike Wieters -- Advocacy strategies of western humanitarian NGOs from the 1960s to the 1990s / Valerie Gorin -- Humanitarianism and revolution : samed, the palestine red crescent society, and the work of liberation / Ilana Feldman -- Mediatisation of disasters and humanitarian aid in the Federal Republic of Germany / Patrick Merziger -- NGOs, celebrity humanitarianism, and the media : negotiating conflicting perceptions of aid and development during the "Ethiopian famine" / Matthias Kuhnert -- The audience of distant suffering and the question of (in)action / Maria Kyriakidou -- Index.
In: New German historical perspectives volume 9
In: New German Historical Perspectives Ser v.9
Intro -- Humanitarianism & Media -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Humanitarianism and Media: Introduction to an Entangled History -- Part I - Humanitarian Imagery -- Chapter 1 - Promoting Distant Children in Need: Christian Imagery in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- Chapter 2 - 'Make the Situation Real to Us without Stressing the Horrors': Children, Photography and Humanitarianism in the Spanish Civil War -- Chapter 3 - Humanitarianism on the Screen: The ICRC Films, 1921-65 -- Chapter 4 - 'People Who Once were Human Beings Like You and Me': Why Allied Atrocity Films of Liberated Concentration Camps in 1944-46 Maximized the Horror and Universalized the Victims -- Chapter 5 - The Polemics of Pity: British Photographs of Berlin, 1945-47 -- Chapter 6 - The Human Gaze: Photography after 1945 -- Part II - Humanitarian Media Regimes -- Chapter 7 - On Fishing in Other People's Ponds: The Freedom from Hunger Campaign, International Fundraising and the Ethics of NGO Publicity -- Chapter 8 - Advocacy Strategies of Western Humanitarian NGOs from the 1960s to the 1990s -- Chapter 9 - Humanitarianism and Revolution: Samed, the Palestine Red Crescent Society and the Work of Liberation -- Chapter 10 - Mediatization of Disasters and Humanitarian Aid in the Federal Republic of Germany -- Chapter 11 - NGOs, Celebrity Humanitarianism and the Media: Negotiating Conflicting Perceptions of Aid and Development during the 'Ethiopian Famine' -- Chapter 12 - The Audience of Distant Suffering and the Question of (In)Action -- Index
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