Reenvisioning Israel Through Political Cartoons - Visual Discourses During the 20182021 Electoral Crisis

This book explores Israeli political cartoons produced during the politically fraught and culturally divided period between December 2018 and June 2021. The author argues that the work of Israel's political cartoonists presents visual commentary to critique the status quo and to envision alternative realities for their country.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter One: Srulik, Ice Cream, Pickles, and Campaign Slogans: Parsing Uniquely Israeli Visual Symbols
Chapter Two: Cartooning from the Right: Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel Hayom
Chapter Three: Deconstructing Homophobes and Envisioning an Inclusive Society: Israeli LGBTQ Cartoons
Chapter Four: Skewering the Other: Caricatures Produced by Ultra-Orthodox haredim and Secular Israelis
Chapter Five: Cartooning in Support of Victims of Sexual Violence: Responding to Ayia Napa
Chapter Six: Corona Exegesis: Celebrating Jewish Holidays During a Pandemic
Conclusion

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Matt Reingold holds a PhD in Jewish education and teaches Jewish history and Jewish thought at TanenbaumCHAT, a community Jewish high school.

Zusammenfassung

This book explores Israeli political cartoons produced during the politically fraught and culturally divided period between December 2018 and June 2021. The author argues that the work of Israel’s political cartoonists presents visual commentary to critique the status quo and to envision alternative realities for their country.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Matt Reingold
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781666906837
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-683-7
• Seiten: 216
• Serien: Lexington Studies in Jewish Literature; Bloomsbury Studies in Jewish Literature
• Themen: Belletristik > Comic, Cartoon, Humor, Satire; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Judentum; RELIGION / Judaism / General, HUMOR / Topic / Politics, Humour, Politics & government, Judaism, Politics and government, Religion and Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State, Religious and theocratic ideologies and movements