Critiquing Israeli Society Through Mirroring in Asaf Hanuka's "The Realist". (June 2020)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Critiquing Israeli Society Through Mirroring in Asaf Hanuka's "The Realist". (June 2020)
- Main Title:
- Critiquing Israeli Society Through Mirroring in Asaf Hanuka's "The Realist"
- Authors:
- Reingold, Matt
- Abstract:
- Abstract: Seven of Israeli cartoonist Asaf Hanuka's comic strips from his weekly series The Realist make use montage-like elements by juxtaposing distorted mirror images of scenes. While published over the course of Hanuka's almost 10-year run and addressing radically different topics, the structure and nature of the seven strips is remarkably similar. Each includes the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas to offer a commentary on a different aspect of the Israeli society. These topics include the historical mistreatment of Jewish immigrants to the country, the country's policies toward foreign workers, and the economic challenges faced by the middle-class Israelis. While Hanuka's technique provides an opportunity for considering different attitudes toward the topic, these strips consistently take a stance that places blame on Israelis themselves for either their attitudes or their electoral decisions. The comics serve, therefore, as political commentary which through the juxtaposition of images, encourages societal change.
- Is Part Of:
- Contemporary review of the Middle East. Volume 7:Number 2(2020)
- Journal:
- Contemporary review of the Middle East
- Issue:
- Volume 7:Number 2(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 7, Issue 2 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 7
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0007-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 165
- Page End:
- 180
- Publication Date:
- 2020-06
- Subjects:
- Asaf Hanuka -- the realist -- comic strips -- mirroring
Middle East -- Periodicals
956.005 - Journal URLs:
- http://cme.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.uk.sagepub.com ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/2347798920901871 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2347-7989
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