Questioning Danish Cartoon Images

Heidi Bojsen

Questioning Danish Cartoon Images

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning

Abstract

Artiklen diskuterer hvilket sprogbrug og satirisk afbilleding der bruges om danskere af afrikansk oprindelse i de danske medier. Der gives en kort historisk oversigt over dansk tegnesatire siden Reformationen, hvorefter det diskuteres hvorvidt satiriske indslag reelt set udfordrer samfundets mest udbredte holdninger eller om de som oftest både udtrykker et kærligt drilleri, men i sidste ende altid understøtter majoritetens selvforståelse, fordi satiren er afhængig af at blive værdsat af det brede publikum.

Endelig diskuteres de historiske og sociale forhold, der gør at ordet "neger" stadig er en accepteret måde at betegne mennesker i Danmark på, selv om det i det fleste andre lande anses for at være et meget nedladende eller direkte racistisk udtryk.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	I am Black/White/Yellow : An Introduction to the Black Body in Europe
Redaktører	Joan Anim-Addo, Suzanne Scafe
Antal sider	25
Udgivelsessted	London
Forlag	Mango Publishing
Publikationsdato	2007
Sider	167-192
ISBN (Trykt)	1 902294 31 9, 978 1 902294 31 5
Status	Udgivet - 2007

Emneord

racisme
afrodansker
satire
ytringsfrihed

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