Khomeini Kitsch
Material Cultures of the Iran Hostage Crisis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6431302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Golnar Nikpour (0009-0003-7977-5131, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 125-151 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Iranian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/irn.2024.34 |
| OpenAlex | W4407421353 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
In November 1980, a twenty-nine-year-old contract worker in Hammond, Louisiana by the name of Stephen K. Clark was arrested and charged with criminal mischief for painting a thirty-foot mural of Mickey Mouse “making an obscene gesture to Iran” on the side of Sunflower supermarket. According to the store's manager, Clark had been hired to give the store a fresh coat of yellow paint before going wildly off script. The Hammond city prosecutor told the press that Clark would face jail time if convicted for his renegade painting, which, alongside the enormous image of Mickey, featured a word balloon proclaiming “We're fed up. Hey Iran!” 1 This was no one-off use of Mickey's likeness to send a message to Iran. At the dawn of the 1980s, the image and sentiment Clark felt compelled to share had become curiously popular across the United States, appearing in surprising places all over the country
Ancient history · Art history · Kitsch · Political science · Archaeological Research and Protection · History · Philosophy, History, and Historiography
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |