Recovering from cultural blindness: multimodal Positive Discourse Analysis of metaphors in hand-drawn sketches about Islam

This paper extends Nartey’s model of Positive Discourse Analysis (PDA), examining the visual metaphors (VM) in the representations of Islamic identity. The paper highlights how hand-drawings operate as a positive discourse resisting negative accusations in hegemonic discourses about Islam. This PDA...

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Main Author: El-Falaky May S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2023-09-01
Series:Language and Semiotic Studies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/lass-2023-0005