Suchergebnisse

1. Human rights discourse and its global network -- 2. Human rights survivors as multitude : Paul Rusesabagina, Hotel Rwanda, and An ordinary man -- 3. Human rights heroes/humanitarian saviors and empire and counter-empire : Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), its Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, and Doctorswithoutborders.org -- 4. Literal and literary bystanders as multitude and the common : Michael Ondaatje, Anil's ghost, and its critical reception.

Rather than viewing human rights as an immutable and ill-defined entity, Khor argues for the recognition of human rights as a social construct comprised of language and language use. Her case studies of Doctors Without Borders, Paul Rusesabagina and Hotel Rwanda, and Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost support a new theoretical framework based on a global discourse network of human rights that enables textual and human actors to increase their power as speaking subjects.

This article analyzes how the globalization of human rights discourse enables victims of rights violations to gain presence and influence on a global stage through the concept of network power. This article argues against criticisms of human rights discourse as another form of Western cultural imperialism. This article uses the case of the Rwandan Paul Rusesabagina, especially his representations in Philip Gourevitch's We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda , Terry George's film Hotel Rwanda , and Rusesabagina's autobiography An Ordinary Man to illustrate this point.