Introduction : celebrity humanitarianism and North-South relations : politics, place and power / Lisa Ann Richey -- Angelina Jolie and the everyday geopolitics of celebrity humanitarianism in a Thailand-Burma border town / Mary Mostafanezhad -- Madonna in Malawi : celebritized interventions and local politics of development in the South / Louise Mubanda Rasmussen -- Muhammad Yunus : a Bangladeshi aid celebrity / Anke Schwittay -- Sophie's special secret : public feeling, consumption and celebrity activism in post-apartheid South Africa / Danai Mupotsa -- Celebrity philanthropy in China : the political critique of Pu Cunxin's AIDS heroism / Johanna Hood -- Ben Affleck goes to Washington : celebrity advocacy, access and influence / Alexandra Cosima Budabin -- Humanitarian relief worker Sean Penn : a contextual story / Annika Bergman Rosamond -- Irony and politically incorrect humanitarianism : Danish celebrity-led benefit events / Mette Fog Olwig and Lene Bull Christiansen -- Celebrity, humanitarianism and settler-colonialism : G.A Robinson and the Aborigines of Van Diemen's land / Robert van Krieken -- Epilogue : the politics of celebrity humanitarianism / Dan Brockington.