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Ronda, Veronica (2016)

Lebanese Political Cartoons and the Representation of the “West”

Master thesis | Middle Eastern Studies (MA)

The present research project analyses Lebanese political cartoons taken from five different online newspapers in order to understand what kind of image is attributed to the "West" from the part of Lebanese cartoonists. Using Faucult and Said as guideline for the analysis of the political cartooons and utilising "framing" theories taken from media and communication studies as method of analysis, aim of the research is not only to understand what image of the "West"is being produced by the Lebanese media, but also what historical, social and cultural factors have played a role in formulating that image.

Lebanese

political

cartoons

society

history

culture

Arab World

Author

Ronda, Veronica

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Arabic Studies

Supervisors

Sijpestijn, Petra

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en