Cartoons and Extremism: Israel and the Jews in Arab and Western Media [Paperback]
Joel Kotek (Author)
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Publication Date: 17 Nov 2008
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 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 organisation, yet this elicited no reaction from Western NGOs at the conference. This event set the author on a trail that revealed thousands of such drawings. In the name of anti-Zionism, Jews are depicted as sadistic and bloodthirsty monsters, solely interested in money and power. This return to anti-Jewish hatred is of a new order, in line with current trends an Arab-Muslim form unexpectedly metamorphosed from the antisemitism traditionally linked with the Christian West. By reproducing more than 400 of these cartoons, taken from both Arab and Western media, this book denounces the use of hatred in the media and hopes to raise the alarm.
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About the Author
Jöel Kotek is professor at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium and the Ecole Superieure de Journalisme of Lille, since February 2003 he has been affiliated with the Centre d Etudes Juives Contemporaines de Paris (Holocaust Museum).
Product details
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd (17 Nov 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0853037523
ISBN-13: 978-0853037521
Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 20.8 x 1.8 cm
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