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Chapter 6. Walls, doors and exciting encounters
Abstract
In investigating the boundaries of the Balkanist discourse in pre-EU accession Bulgaria, this chapter engages with political cartoons – a genre that to this day has remained somewhat neglected by academics. Scholars from a variety of disciplines have pointed out the scant critical attention this genre has received within their respective fields of specialty (e.g. Bostdorff 1987; Dougherty 2002; Koetzle and Brunell 1996: 96; Schmitt 1992: 154; Streicher 1965: 1). Political cartooning “lies in a peculiar no man’s land where several disciplines meet” (Coupe 1969: 79) – including journalism, sociology, art history, education, cultural studies, political science and IR – but none has truly embraced its study (Diamond 2002: 252).
Abstract
In investigating the boundaries of the Balkanist discourse in pre-EU accession Bulgaria, this chapter engages with political cartoons – a genre that to this day has remained somewhat neglected by academics. Scholars from a variety of disciplines have pointed out the scant critical attention this genre has received within their respective fields of specialty (e.g. Bostdorff 1987; Dougherty 2002; Koetzle and Brunell 1996: 96; Schmitt 1992: 154; Streicher 1965: 1). Political cartooning “lies in a peculiar no man’s land where several disciplines meet” (Coupe 1969: 79) – including journalism, sociology, art history, education, cultural studies, political science and IR – but none has truly embraced its study (Diamond 2002: 252).
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
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Part I. Approaches to visual communication and the question of power
- Chapter 1. Images 11
- Chapter 2. The critical tradition in visual studies 39
- Chapter 3. The map, the mirror and the simulacrum 55
- Chapter 4. Disenchantment with politics and the salience of images 69
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Part II. Case studies
- Chapter 5. Organising political consensus 91
- Chapter 6. Walls, doors and exciting encounters 113
- Chapter 7. The politics of visual representation 151
- Chapter 8. The politics of identity and visuality 181
- Chapter 9. Visual politics and celebrity humanitarianism 199
- Chapter 10. The economics of gay reality television 225
- Chapter 11. Mending endings 245
- Chapter 12. Representing the state of exception 269
- Index 291
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
-
Part I. Approaches to visual communication and the question of power
- Chapter 1. Images 11
- Chapter 2. The critical tradition in visual studies 39
- Chapter 3. The map, the mirror and the simulacrum 55
- Chapter 4. Disenchantment with politics and the salience of images 69
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Part II. Case studies
- Chapter 5. Organising political consensus 91
- Chapter 6. Walls, doors and exciting encounters 113
- Chapter 7. The politics of visual representation 151
- Chapter 8. The politics of identity and visuality 181
- Chapter 9. Visual politics and celebrity humanitarianism 199
- Chapter 10. The economics of gay reality television 225
- Chapter 11. Mending endings 245
- Chapter 12. Representing the state of exception 269
- Index 291
