RT Article
T1 "We defend Western civilization": Serbian representations of a cartoon conflict
JF Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
VO 19
IS 3
SP 305
OP 321
A1 Erjavec, Karmen
A1 Volčič, Zala 1971-
LA English
PB Routledge
YR 2008
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/597092257
AB This article explores how young Serbian intellectuals interpret and further recontextualize the global reactions to the publication of the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. On the basis of in-depth interviews and critical discourse analysis, we show how the Serbian mainstream discourses frame the ‘cartoon crisis’ in a specific way—Muslims are labeled as ‘fundamentalists’ and ‘terrorists’. The article argues that this provides a historical excuse to justify and legitimize the violent Serbian policies against the Bosnian and Kosovo Muslims during the 1990s. Furthermore, the informants appropriate the Muslim reactions by using an analogy: they draw parallels between violent global Muslim demonstrations caused by the publication of the cartoons and violent Muslim military attacks against the Serbs in Bosnia and Kosovo.
K1 Bürgerkrieg
K1 Jugoslawien
K1 Kriegsschuld/Kriegsursache/Konfliktursache
K1 Religion
K1 Islam
K1 Verteidigungskrieg
K1 Kriegspropaganda
K1 Serbien
K1 Civil War
K1 Yugoslavia
K1 war guilt/causes of war
K1 defensive war
K1 war time propaganda
K1 Serbia
DO 10.1080/09596410802127979