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Corstange, Daniel. "Drawing Dissent: Political Cartoons in Yemen." PS: Political Science and Politics 40. (2007): 293–96. Added by: joachim (9/22/13, 12:04 AM) Last edited by: joachim (9/22/13, 12:08 AM) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed DOI: 10.1017/S1049096507070461 BibTeX citation key: Corstange2007 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Caricature, Denmark, Jemen, Randformen des Comics, Religion Creators: Corstange Collection: PS: Political Science and Politics |
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Does the fallout from the now infamous Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad reflect inherent mass radicalism or irrationality on the part of Muslim societies? Judging from the news coverage broadcast to Western audiences, one would think so. Most media images focused on bearded men or veiled women demonstrating and burning flags reinforced by dramatic sound bites, as when the usually sober BBC (2006) cited one protester as saying: “They want to test our feelings. They want to know whether Muslims are extremists or not. Death to them and their newspapers.” These reactions seemed disproportionate, if not irrational, because of the medium: they were, after all, just drawings.
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