Imaging speach and iraq’s representation on cover of veja magazine

<p class="Pa7">The stereotypes of the islamic word are frequently disseminated by through the media, through the signs of the chaos, terror, inferiority and evil. These signs are part of a concept called orientalism, proposed by a historian Edward Said (2007). By understanding of thi...

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Main Author: Marcia Boroski
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2013-07-01
Series:Semina: Ciências Sociais e Humanas
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Online Access:http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/seminasoc/article/view/14811
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description <p class="Pa7">The stereotypes of the islamic word are frequently disseminated by through the media, through the signs of the chaos, terror, inferiority and evil. These signs are part of a concept called orientalism, proposed by a historian Edward Said (2007). By understanding of this concept, as a cultural vision of the West over the East, the aim of this work is to understand how is the representation of these signs in the Brazilian press, specifically, in the case of representation Iraq’s coverage of the Gulf War in 1991 and the North American invasion in 2003 by the magazine Veja. The research identified this discourse through ideological signs, from the axes of meaning production of Harry Pross (1980) and the concept of ideology discussed by Terry Eagleton (1997), a marxist basis. It was seen that in both cases, the positioning of the magazine is made from a orientalist vision. However, in 1991 and the enemy to be defeated was figured by Saddam Hussein; already in 2003, the opponent was the Iranian nation as a whole.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-d7e64e5c0b6049cbbf3b3fbe12c789192022-12-21T23:35:33ZporUniversidade Estadual de LondrinaSemina: Ciências Sociais e Humanas1676-54431679-03832013-07-0134220721410.5433/1679-0383.2013v34n2p2079196Imaging speach and iraq’s representation on cover of veja magazineMarcia Boroski0Universidade Estadual de Londrina<p class="Pa7">The stereotypes of the islamic word are frequently disseminated by through the media, through the signs of the chaos, terror, inferiority and evil. These signs are part of a concept called orientalism, proposed by a historian Edward Said (2007). By understanding of this concept, as a cultural vision of the West over the East, the aim of this work is to understand how is the representation of these signs in the Brazilian press, specifically, in the case of representation Iraq’s coverage of the Gulf War in 1991 and the North American invasion in 2003 by the magazine Veja. The research identified this discourse through ideological signs, from the axes of meaning production of Harry Pross (1980) and the concept of ideology discussed by Terry Eagleton (1997), a marxist basis. It was seen that in both cases, the positioning of the magazine is made from a orientalist vision. However, in 1991 and the enemy to be defeated was figured by Saddam Hussein; already in 2003, the opponent was the Iranian nation as a whole.</p>http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/seminasoc/article/view/14811OrientalismoIraqueGuerraIdeologiaSignos.
spellingShingle Marcia Boroski
Imaging speach and iraq’s representation on cover of veja magazine
Semina: Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Orientalismo
Iraque
Guerra
Ideologia
Signos.
title Imaging speach and iraq’s representation on cover of veja magazine
title_full Imaging speach and iraq’s representation on cover of veja magazine
title_fullStr Imaging speach and iraq’s representation on cover of veja magazine
title_full_unstemmed Imaging speach and iraq’s representation on cover of veja magazine
title_short Imaging speach and iraq’s representation on cover of veja magazine
title_sort imaging speach and iraq s representation on cover of veja magazine
topic Orientalismo
Iraque
Guerra
Ideologia
Signos.
url http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/seminasoc/article/view/14811
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