The London School of Economics and Political Science - June 30, 2014
This collection sees development as something that can be understood
through studying literature, films, and other non-conventional forms of
representation. Chapters focus on development issues on blogs and
social media, Band Aid and populist humanitarianism, and teaching
international studies with novels. Eleftheria Lekakis
finds this a great read for scholars of development studies, media and
communications, sociology, anthropology and geography at all levels.
Popular Representations of Development: Insights from novels,
films, television and social media. David Lewis, Dennis Rodgers, and
Michael Woolcock (eds.). Routledge. 2014.
Popular Representations of Development: Insights from novels, films, television and social media is
an engaging and accessible read which aims to give readers an enhanced
understanding of the relationship between media, development and social
change. It does so by opening up an inquiry of representation in
relation to democracy and development.
According to the editors, David Lewis, Dennis Rodgers, and Michael Woolcock,
our very understandings of development have tended to indulge in
official and institutional communications. Addressing this, with this
work they contribute many insights into the process of representation
through popular culture, thus furthering our understanding of the public
perceptions of development.
This book is a crucial read for anyone seeking to understand the
dynamics of international development. There are at least two reasons
for this: firstly, the problematisation of global North/global South
relations is interrogated through analysis of representations of
development; and secondly, the question of power is brought to the fore
through an analysis of tropes and strategies for articulations of
development.
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