Film stardom, gender, and philanthropy: Sharon Stone at the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates

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This paper explores the relationship between Sharon Stone's acting roles and her charitable work with the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amFAR). I show how Stone's campaigning for amFAR is often viewed through the prism of her iconic performance in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct (1992), helping to shape the popular understanding that she is an 'unlikely' activist.

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