![]() ![]() The article argues that Jolie's Notes represent accounts of conditions in certain postcolonial countries and representations of the refugee experience in relation to a determined 'deconstruction' of her globally recognized celebrity/star persona. Yet, Notes from My Travels also represents, as the title suggests, a travelogue, and one that links her to the genre of travel writing and a tradition of female travel writers. In these accounts, Jolie can be seen not merely as a 'celebrity ambassador', but as a 'postcolonial' diarist. ![]() These diaries were formally published in 2003 and were entitled Notes from My Travels: Visits With Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan, and Ecuador. It critically examines this aspect of her life in specific relation to diaries she kept in which she recorded her UNHCR experiences. The article is focused upon the American actress Angelina Jolie and her role with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (the UNHCR). ![]() This article examines the celebrity activist as cultural intermediary and as travel writer. ![]()
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