232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Humanitarian Fable examines how popular humanitarian communication constructs global poverty as a moral narrative that reinforces unequal power dynamics between the Global North and Global South.
Taking a cultural studies approach, the book argues that humanitarian discourse places too much emphasis on the involvement of Global North initiatives, while avoiding meaningful engagement with... Read more
Introduction: The Humanitarian Fable
1. The Idea of Global Poverty
2. The Image of the Global Poor
3. The Humanitarian Informant
4. The Burden of Benevolence
5. Saviourism, Post-Racialism, Modernity
Conclusion: On the Sanctity of Humanitarianism, Towards Reorientation
Index
Biography
David Jefferess is a settler-situated scholar who teaches in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at UBC Okanagan. He is the author of Postcolonial Resistance: Culture, Liberation, and Transformation (2008), co-editor of Globalizing Afghanistan: Terrorism, War, and the Rhetoric of Nation (2011), and numerous articles on humanitarian discourse.
