The art of satirical deterritorialization
Shifting cartoons from real space to cyberspace in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9330440 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lyombe Eko (0000-0002-6080-4727, University of Iowa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 248-266 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Communication Gazette (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-0485 • E-ISSN: 1748-0493 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1748048514568759 |
| OpenAlex | W2102359602 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 12 |
African cartoonists do not have the right to ridicule and offend political leaders. As a result, cartoons that deterritorialize African leaders by taking them out of their traditional zones of power and comfort, and place them in absurd, imaginary cartoon ‘realities’ for purposes of criticism, are often met with censorious judicial and extra-judicial measures. These efforts are aimed at reterritorializing and rehabilitating the ‘tarnished’ images of the powerful and enable them to control their media images. In response to these pressures, many Sub-Saharan African cartoonists engage in symbolic ‘space shifting’. This is the phenomenon whereby critical commentary and political cartoons are deterritorialized or transferred from real space to cyberspace, the Internet and social media sites, for purposes of escaping censorship. This study focuses on a select group of cartoons and cartoonists who transferred their work from real space to cyberspace in a bid to escape censorship and political pressure
Aesthetics · Art · Censorship · Criticism · Cyberspace · Deterritorialization · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · The Imaginary · The Internet · World Wide Web · African history and culture studies · Computer Science · Humor Studies and Applications · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |