The shadow, the tyrant and the insane: the east and west dualism in the visual journalism
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-7114.sig.2014.83427Keywords:
Middle East, orientalism, demonization.Abstract
This paper explores the East and West dualism considering three images: the shadow, the tyrant and the insane, respectively linked to Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. These representations, given their occurrence in the media, appear as stereotypes in the visual journalism, being in total opposition to western values, such as illuminism, democracy and reason. From the perspective of the concept of Orientalism, the text also analyzes semiotic procedures which constitute the process of demonization, according to the contribuitions of Ivan Bystrina, Gilbert Durand and Stuart Clark.Downloads
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2014-07-31
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The shadow, the tyrant and the insane: the east and west dualism in the visual journalism. (2014). Significação: Journal of Audiovisual Culture, 41(41), 198-217. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-7114.sig.2014.83427