Cartoons and Extremism - Israel and the Jews in Arab and Western Media (Paperback)

The outrage sparked by the Danish cartoon affair the publication of images of the Prophet Muhammad in the European press was a sharp reminder of the potency of the cartoon in the modern media. It is one of the most popular and effective means of communication. By exaggerating and exasperating, cartoons by their very nature lack neutrality, and the cartoon is an important weapon in the Middle Eastern crisis. In response to the Danish cartoon affair, an Iranian newspaper announced a competition for cartoons about the Holocaust, even though it had nothing to do with Israel or the Jewish people. Antisemitic cartoons have long been rife in the Arab-Muslim media. The September 2001 Durban Conference against Racism, intended to denounce and combat racism in all its forms, also featured the distribution of antisemitic cartoons by an Arab organization, yet this elicited no reaction from Western NGOs at the conference. This event set the author on a trail that revealed thousands of such draw

General

Imprint:	Vallentine Mitchell
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	Joel Kotek • Moshe Kantor • Alan Dershowitz • Abraham H. Foxman • Anthony Julius
Dimensions:	210 x 211 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	201
ISBN-13:	978-0-85303-752-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Illustration & commercial art > Comic book & cartoon art Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies Promotions
LSN:	0-85303-752-3
Barcode:	9780853037521

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