Contesting Political Boundaries in Contemporary Moroccan Satire
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Abdelghani el Khairat
Abstract
The remarkable political change that Morocco has witnessed since the death of King Hassan II in 1999 and the succession of his son, Mohammed VI, has contributed to the development of Moroccan satire, due to the margin of freedom granted by the new regime. As a result of this political opening, satire considerably gains visibility as a recent phenomenon in the socio-political scene of Morocco, moving from the shadow of privacy and the clandestine to the spotlight of quasi-permissiveness where satirists tackle issues that had been, not long ago, censored or strictly prohibited. In this chapter, I will demonstrate how the contemporary Moroccan satirical press contributes to shifting political boundaries and initiating debate on highly sensitive political matters, and thus serves to redefine the limits of the permissible in the Moroccan press.
Abstract
The remarkable political change that Morocco has witnessed since the death of King Hassan II in 1999 and the succession of his son, Mohammed VI, has contributed to the development of Moroccan satire, due to the margin of freedom granted by the new regime. As a result of this political opening, satire considerably gains visibility as a recent phenomenon in the socio-political scene of Morocco, moving from the shadow of privacy and the clandestine to the spotlight of quasi-permissiveness where satirists tackle issues that had been, not long ago, censored or strictly prohibited. In this chapter, I will demonstrate how the contemporary Moroccan satirical press contributes to shifting political boundaries and initiating debate on highly sensitive political matters, and thus serves to redefine the limits of the permissible in the Moroccan press.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- About the contributors ix
- Introduction 1
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Mapping the Field
- Satire and dignity 19
- The Authenticity of Play 33
- Cultural Flow 47
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Space
- Reshaping the Border Zone. An Approach to Satirical Space 61
- Mediating satire 71
- Arab Sitcom Animations as Platforms for Satire 81
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Target
- Contesting Political Boundaries in Contemporary Moroccan Satire 95
- How to Burlesque a Burlesquer 105
- Who is the ape, who the human? Reize door het Aapenland (1788) and Die Affenkönige oder die Reformation des Affenlandes (1789) considered 135
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Rhetoric
- Looking backward. The rhetoric of the back in visual satire 147
- "A bull is a ludicrous jest": fable and the satiric bite in Arbuthnot's John Bull pamphlets 175
- Bas Jan Ader's Ludic Conceptualism 185
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Media
- Absolutely Fabulous 197
- TV Satire and its Targets 207
- Enlightenment Subverted 217
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Time
- On the power of Money and the King of Spain's son-in- law 235
- Who are the Frogs? The Transmigration of a Symbol of Nationality 247
- Hydropathe Caricature 259
- Conclusions 269
- Index 275
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- About the contributors ix
- Introduction 1
-
Mapping the Field
- Satire and dignity 19
- The Authenticity of Play 33
- Cultural Flow 47
-
Space
- Reshaping the Border Zone. An Approach to Satirical Space 61
- Mediating satire 71
- Arab Sitcom Animations as Platforms for Satire 81
-
Target
- Contesting Political Boundaries in Contemporary Moroccan Satire 95
- How to Burlesque a Burlesquer 105
- Who is the ape, who the human? Reize door het Aapenland (1788) and Die Affenkönige oder die Reformation des Affenlandes (1789) considered 135
-
Rhetoric
- Looking backward. The rhetoric of the back in visual satire 147
- "A bull is a ludicrous jest": fable and the satiric bite in Arbuthnot's John Bull pamphlets 175
- Bas Jan Ader's Ludic Conceptualism 185
-
Media
- Absolutely Fabulous 197
- TV Satire and its Targets 207
- Enlightenment Subverted 217
-
Time
- On the power of Money and the King of Spain's son-in- law 235
- Who are the Frogs? The Transmigration of a Symbol of Nationality 247
- Hydropathe Caricature 259
- Conclusions 269
- Index 275
