“…By showing historical change in Amnesty International and Oxfam appeals, in the Live Aid and Live 8 concerts, in the advocacy of Audrey Hepburn and Angelina Jolie as well as in earthquake news on the BBC, this far-reaching book shows how solidarity has today come to be not about conviction but choice, not vision but lifestyle, not others but ourselves - turning us into the ironic spectators of other people's suffering…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…." : the Beatles : the Ed Sullivan Show, CBS TV, February 9, 1964 / Laurel Sercombe -- Bob Dylan : Newport Folk Festival, July 25, 1965 / Lee Marshall -- When deep soul met the love crowd : Otis Redding : Monterey Pop Festival, June 17, 1967 / Sarah Hill -- The road not taken : Elvis Presley : comeback special : NBC TV studios, December 3, 1968 / Ian Inglis -- Land of the free : Jimi Hendrix : Woodstock Festival, August 18, 1969 / Mike Daley -- If anything, blame Woodstock : the Rolling Stones : Altamont, December 6, 1969 / Norma Coates -- Watch that man : David Bowie : Hammersmith Odeon, London, July 3, 1973 / Philip Auslander -- Patti Smith : the old grey whistle test : BBC-2 TV, May 11, 1976 / Sheila Whiteley -- Print the truth, not the legend : the Sex Pistols : Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester, June 4, 1976 / Sean Albiez -- I need contact : rock 'n' roll and ritual : Peter Gabriel : Security tour, 1982-1983 / Jeffrey Callen -- Michael Jackson : Motown 25 : Pasadena Civic Auditorium, March 25, 1983 / Jaap Kooijman -- Live on tape : Madonna : MTV video music awards : Radio City Music Hall, New York, September 14, 1984 / Gary Burns -- Popular music performance and cultural memory : Queen : Live Aid, Wembley Stadium, London, July 13, 1985 / Susan Fast -- Nirvana : University of Washington, Seattle, January 6, 1990 / Tim Hughes -- The booing of Sinead O'Connor : Bob Dylan 30th anniversary concert : Madison Square Garden, New York, October 16, 1992 / Emma Mayhew…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…StalkingSuicide and attempted suicide; The Absorption-Addiction Model; 4 Charisma Gulch; The meaning of charisma; Celebrity and charisma today; Advocacy and diplomacy; Celanthropy; Celanthropy before Live Aid; The Balance Sheet of Celanthropy; 5 Exposure Management; Image aggregation and image accumulation; Celebrity cognitive dissonance; 6 Supply Side Factors in Celebrity Inflation; Branding; The cultural literacy of the public; 7 Demand Side Factors; Articulation and the culture of display; Hero worship and narcissistic idealization; Achievement famine and its discontents…”