Charlie Hebdo and the prophet Muhammad: a multimodal critical discourse analysis of peace and violence in a satirical cartoon
Abstract
In this chapter, we examine how ideologies of peace and violence can be (re)produced and communicated via multiple semiotic forms that include, but are not restricted to, language. We grapple with the complexity and importance of the situated-ness of peace and violence, and consider, what does peace, indeed what can peace, look like in a social context where meaning and expression are both multiple and contested. To this end, we undertake a case study analysis, exploring how a multimodal text might be variously interpreted as an explicit display of peace and forgiveness, and yet simultaneously as an oppressive act which knowingly causes offense. In addressing these issues, we relate to Galtung’s (1996, p. 196) typology of violence, and we consider the issue of cultural violence, which he defines as “those aspects of culture, the symbolic sphere of our existence […] that can be used to legitimize direct or structural violence.Citation
Kilby, L., and Lennon, H. (2018). 'Charlie Hebdo and the prophet Muhammad: a multimodal critical discourse analysis of peace and violence in a satirical cartoon'. In Gibson, S. (Ed..). 'Discourse, Peace & Conflict. Discursive psychology perspectives'. Switzerland: Springer, pp. 303-321.Publisher
Springer International PublishingDOI
10.1007/978-3-319-99094-1Additional Links
http://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/22743https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-99094-1_17
Type
Book chapterLanguage
enISSN
2197-57799783319990934
9783319990941
EISSN
2197-5787ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/978-3-319-99094-1