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  The Turkish Oedipus: National Self and Stereotype in the Work of a 1960s Greek Cartoonist
 
 
Title: The Turkish Oedipus: National Self and Stereotype in the Work of a 1960s Greek Cartoonist
Author: Demetriou, Olga
Appeared in: History and anthropology
Paging: Volume 15 (2004) nr. 1 pages 1-36
Year: 2004-03
Contents: This article analyzes a particular type of radical political discourse in Greece—namely the articulation of stereotypes of Greek-ness and Turkish-ness in the work of Mendis Bostantzoglu, a Greek satirist and cartoonist. The author examines a poem and a sketch published in the 1960s, in which stereotypes of Greek-ness and Turkish-ness are presented and mocked. Relating their production to their specific historical context and current academic discussions in Greece on nationalism and Otherness, the author argues that the ways in which ethnic stereotypes of “self” and “other” are used to discuss political issues have more to tell about internal Greek issues (such as a critique of the government and its policies) than about Greece's foreign affairs. Such analyses, it is further argued, also lead to a greater appreciation of the complex and implicit sets of meanings negotiated by the stereotypes themselves.
Publisher: Routledge
Source file: Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften
 
 

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