Caricature and Egypt’s Revolution of 25 January 2011
- Caricature can be defined as an art engagé which aims to transmit a social or political message. In order to achieve this goal, the satirical picture triggers an emotional reaction in the audience and guides it through a cathartic coming-of-awareness process. The feelings evoked by caricature must not necessarily be expressed through laughter; but they are a joyful or indignant shock reaction to gazing at something absurd. William A. Coupe, following Schiller, therefore defines the nature of caricature as the outcome of a dialectical struggle between the ideal and the real: ‘This conflict of ideal and real may, however, be seen and expressed in two different ways, in an emotional and serious or in a humorous and jesting fashion.’
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| Author: | Eliane Ursula EttmüllerGND |
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| URL: | https://www.zeithistorische-forschungen.de/1-2012/4469 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.14765/zzf.dok-1605 |
| Parent Title (English): | Zeithistorische Forschungen – Studies in Contemporary History |
| Publisher: | ZZF – Centre for Contemporary History: Zeithistorische Forschungen |
| Place of publication: | Potsdam |
| Document Type: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2012/03/09 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2012/03/09 |
| Release Date: | 2019/08/28 |
| Volume: | 9 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| First Page: | 138 |
| Last Page: | 148 |
| ZZF Topic-Classification: | Alltag |
| Politik | |
| Kultur | |
| Kunst | |
| Kommunikation | |
| Medien | |
| Emotionen | |
| Visual History | |
| Geistes- und Ideengeschichte | |
| Intellectual History | |
| Soziale Bewegungen | |
| Protest | |
| Transformation | |
| ZZF Chronological-Classification: | 2010er |
| 21. Jahrhundert | |
| ZZF Regional-Classification: | Afrika |
| Afrika / Nordafrika | |
| Web-Publications: | Zeithistorische Forschungen |
| Studies in Contemporary History: Articles: | 1 / 2012 Offenes Heft |
| Licence (German): |  ZZF - Clio Lizenz |
