Cartoon as Weapon and as Victim: Instructive and Critical Texts in Manhua Magazine, 1950–1960

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Cartoon as Weapon and as Victim: Instructive and Critical Texts in Manhua Magazine, 1950–1960

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Production of information in a state that endeavours to involve the whole population in mass campaigns means that a great effort is required of people working in mass media. In a newly-established state, such as what the People&apos;s Republic of China was in the years after 1949, the mechanisms of such effort were only just being shaped. Therefore, official intentions and instructions were transmitted through the minds and pens of authors who themselves struggled to grasp the essence of their tasks. Political cartoons provide an interesting case study thanks to the existence of a cartoon magazine, Manhua, between 1950-1960. The body of texts published in the magazine together with cartoons provides a lot of material for the analysis of what was required of cartoonists in the &quot;new society&quot; and how they interpreted such requirements, as well as for what they were criticised by readers, colleagues, and country leadership. By closely following instructive and critical texts about cartoons in Manhua, this paper traces the diverging understandings of cartoon and satire in China&apos;s political and artistic circles of the time, focuses on the misinterpretations of cartoons by readers, and analyses cartoonists&apos; statements admitting or assigning guilt. It comes to the conclusion that the multitude of these texts in Manhua led not so much to the unfolding of cartoon as a political phenomenon, but created increasing difficulties for artists and reflected the stifling atmosphere of the last years of the decade.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Cartoon as Weapon and as Victim: Instructive and Critical Texts in Manhua Magazine, 1950–1960

Popis výsledku anglicky

Production of information in a state that endeavours to involve the whole population in mass campaigns means that a great effort is required of people working in mass media. In a newly-established state, such as what the People&apos;s Republic of China was in the years after 1949, the mechanisms of such effort were only just being shaped. Therefore, official intentions and instructions were transmitted through the minds and pens of authors who themselves struggled to grasp the essence of their tasks. Political cartoons provide an interesting case study thanks to the existence of a cartoon magazine, Manhua, between 1950-1960. The body of texts published in the magazine together with cartoons provides a lot of material for the analysis of what was required of cartoonists in the &quot;new society&quot; and how they interpreted such requirements, as well as for what they were criticised by readers, colleagues, and country leadership. By closely following instructive and critical texts about cartoons in Manhua, this paper traces the diverging understandings of cartoon and satire in China&apos;s political and artistic circles of the time, focuses on the misinterpretations of cartoons by readers, and analyses cartoonists&apos; statements admitting or assigning guilt. It comes to the conclusion that the multitude of these texts in Manhua led not so much to the unfolding of cartoon as a political phenomenon, but created increasing difficulties for artists and reflected the stifling atmosphere of the last years of the decade.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60500 - Other Humanities and the Arts

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Caricatures en Extrême-Orient: Origines, rencontres, métissages

ISBN

978-2-37701-151-3

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

247-263

Počet stran knihy

418

Název nakladatele

Hémisphères Éditions

Místo vydání

Paris

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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