Speaking rights to power: constructing political will

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PREFACE INTRODUCTION: Rhetoric For Rights 1) SPEAKING RIGHTS a. Why We Care: Constructing solidarity b. The message: Human rights as global social imagination c. Hearts and Minds: The politics of persuasion 2) HISTORICAL REPERTOIRES: ATTENTION MUST BE PAID a. Solidarity: The Dreyfus Affair b. Internationalism: The Spanish Civil War c. Symbolism: The Holocaust d. Globalization: Revolution 2.0 3) VOICES: HEROES, MARTYRS, WITNESSES, AND EXPERTS a. Heroes and martyrs i. Nelson Mandela ii. Aung San Suu Kyi iii. Mothers of the Disappeared b. Witnesses and experts i. Doctors Without Borders ii. Amartya Sen iii. Paul Farmer c. : Death penalty campaigns in the U.S. 4) THE MESSAGE MATTERS: FRAMING THE CLAIM a. Poster children and sex slavery: framing human trafficking b. Reframing FGM: c. Human rights in Colombia: when frames fail d. The rhetoric of recognition: Darfur vs. Congo 5) PLOTTING RIGHTS: THE POWER OF PERFORMANCE a. From tragedy to testimonial: i. Voices of Witness ii. The Vagina Monologues b. Allegory as protest performance: Indian Summer c. The Power of Parody 1. From Putin's penis to Pussy Riot 2. Speaking to power: the Colbert challenge 6) MOBILIZING MEDIA: IS THERE AN APP FOR THAT? a. Iran: The revolution will not be televised b. China: The Long March to human rights c. The Arab Spring: The Face book path to freedom d. Kony 2012: When buzz is not enough 7) AUDIENCES: CONSTRUCTING COSMOPOLITANS a. Building communities of conscience: Scholars at Risk b. Inter-ethnic solidarity: i. The Japanese-American Citizens' League and Arab-Americans ii. African-Americans and the anti-apartheid movement iii. American Jews and Darfur iv. Armenian-Americans v. Dueling diasporas and burning bridges: Israel-Palestine c. Across the great divide: Men who care about violence against women i. Norm entrepreneurs: ii. Role change through small talk iii. Global Good Samaritans and gender-based asylum 8) CONSTRUCTING POLITICAL WILL a. Another world is possible b. The power of persuasion: The Liberian civil war c. Acting globally REFERENCES