Red Lines
Political Cartoons and the Struggle Against Censorship
$74.50
- Paperback
440 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2021
Summary
A lively graphic narrative reports on censorship of political cartoons around the world, featuring interviews with censored cartoonists from Pittsburgh to Beijing. Why do the powerful feel so threatened by political cartoons? Cartoons don’t tell secrets or move markets. Yet, as Cherian George and Sonny Liew show us in Red Lines, cartoonists have been harassed, trolled, sued, fired, jailed, attacked, and assassinated for their insolence. The robustness of political cartooning—one of t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262543019 |
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| ISBN-10: | 026254301X |
| Author: | Cherian George, Sonny Liew |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 440 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2021 |
| Weight: | 1.08kg |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 187mm |
| Series: | Information Policy |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
2022 PROSE Award Finalist, Media and Cultural Studies2022 PROSE Award Finalist, Nonfiction Graphic Novels“An absorbing read […] Red Lines is an invaluable almanac for anyone who has been involved in the defence of cartoonists over the last few decades.“—Cartoonists Rights Network International“I would recommend this title to anyone with an interest in political satire.”—Tjeerd Royaards, Cartoon Movement
About The Author
Cherian George
Cherian George is Professor of Media Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University’s School of Communication. A former journalist, he is the author of Hate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offense and Its Threat to Democracy (MIT Press).
Sonny Liew is a celebrated cartoonist and illustrator and the author of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, a New York Times bestseller, which received three Eisner Awards and the Singapore Literature Prize.
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