In:
Comparative Studies in Society and History, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 13, No. 1 ( 1971-01), p. 2-15
Abstract:
The history of the pictorial cartoon is a very recent one in Egypt, dating from the late nineteenth century when the popular press was established. Like many newspapers founded at the time, the 1870s, the cartoon began as an expression of growing feelings of antagonism towards the ruler, in
the hands of a few men who formed the intelligentsia of the day. They set about to create and direct a public opinion which was then nonexistent, but which they hoped to mould into an instrument to use against a corrupt and autocratic administration. Very little work, if any at all, has been done on the sociology of the Egyptian cartoon, and I will not here undertake such a monumental task for which I am ill qualified; but within the limits of this article I can give the reader an historical background of the cartoon in Egypt.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0010-4175
,
1475-2999
DOI:
10.1017/S0010417500006083
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1971
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