Presentation Title
Redemption and Ridicule: Wyclef Jean, Sean Penn, and Western/Haitian Diasporic Understanding of Celebrity Activism in Post-Earthquake Haiti
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
College
College of Art & Letters
Major
Communication Studies
Location
RM 215-218
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Bradford Owen
Start Date
2-27-2013 1:40 PM
End Date
2-27-2013 5:20 PM
Abstract
A textual analysis was conducted of US news representatives of American celebrity activism in Haiti as well as online discussion by the Haitian Diaspora concerning the same relief work, themes of representation and identified and postcolonial implications are discussed.
Redemption and Ridicule: Wyclef Jean, Sean Penn, and Western/Haitian Diasporic Understanding of Celebrity Activism in Post-Earthquake Haiti
RM 215-218
A textual analysis was conducted of US news representatives of American celebrity activism in Haiti as well as online discussion by the Haitian Diaspora concerning the same relief work, themes of representation and identified and postcolonial implications are discussed.
