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Drawn to Extremes : The Use and Abuse of Editorial Cartoons in the United States / Chris Lamb.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) : 161 illusContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231130677
  • 9780231534185
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 070.4/42 22
LOC classification:
  • E183 .L36 2004eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. "You Should Have Been in the World Trade Center!" -- 2. "President Bush Has Been Reading Doonesbury and Taking It Much Too Seriously" -- 3. "No Honest Man Need Fear Cartoons" -- 4. "McCarthyism" -- 5. "Second-Class Citizens of the Editorial Page" -- 6. "We Certainly Don't Want to Make People Uncomfortable Now, Do We?" -- 7. "That's Not a Definition of Libel; That's a Job Description" -- 8. "Comfort the Afflicted and Afflict the Comfortable" -- Notes -- Index
Summary: In 2006, a cartoon in a Danish newspaper depicted the Prophet Mohammed wearing a bomb in his turban. The cartoon created an international incident, with offended Muslims attacking Danish embassies and threatening the life of the cartoonist. Editorial cartoons have been called the most extreme form of criticism society will allow, but not all cartoons are tolerated. Unrestricted by journalistic standards of objectivity, editorial cartoonists wield ire and irony to reveal the naked truths about presidents, celebrities, business leaders, and other public figures. Indeed, since the founding of the republic, cartoonists have made important contributions to and offered critical commentary on our society. Today, however, many syndicated cartoons are relatively generic and gag-related, reflecting a weakening of the newspaper industry's traditional watchdog function. Chris Lamb offers a richly illustrated and engaging history of a still vibrant medium that "forces us to take a look at ourselves for what we are and not what we want to be." The 150 drawings in Drawn to Extremes have left readers howling-sometimes in laughter, but often in protest.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. "You Should Have Been in the World Trade Center!" -- 2. "President Bush Has Been Reading Doonesbury and Taking It Much Too Seriously" -- 3. "No Honest Man Need Fear Cartoons" -- 4. "McCarthyism" -- 5. "Second-Class Citizens of the Editorial Page" -- 6. "We Certainly Don't Want to Make People Uncomfortable Now, Do We?" -- 7. "That's Not a Definition of Libel; That's a Job Description" -- 8. "Comfort the Afflicted and Afflict the Comfortable" -- Notes -- Index

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In 2006, a cartoon in a Danish newspaper depicted the Prophet Mohammed wearing a bomb in his turban. The cartoon created an international incident, with offended Muslims attacking Danish embassies and threatening the life of the cartoonist. Editorial cartoons have been called the most extreme form of criticism society will allow, but not all cartoons are tolerated. Unrestricted by journalistic standards of objectivity, editorial cartoonists wield ire and irony to reveal the naked truths about presidents, celebrities, business leaders, and other public figures. Indeed, since the founding of the republic, cartoonists have made important contributions to and offered critical commentary on our society. Today, however, many syndicated cartoons are relatively generic and gag-related, reflecting a weakening of the newspaper industry's traditional watchdog function. Chris Lamb offers a richly illustrated and engaging history of a still vibrant medium that "forces us to take a look at ourselves for what we are and not what we want to be." The 150 drawings in Drawn to Extremes have left readers howling-sometimes in laughter, but often in protest.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)

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