This edited collection of new research highlights the way in which the cartoon - long regarded as a staple of journalism and freedom of expression - faces new challenges in the twenty-first century that can be far better understood and appreciated if one takes an historical perspective. Current debates over the limits of freedom of expression, 'political correctness', and 'cancel culture' all have their precedents in past controversies over cartoons and caricature; indeed there is a definite continuum between these past instances of debate and their present manifestations.

Chapters 2 and 10 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Provides the first collection of its kind to explore cartoon controversies on a global scale Contains more than 120 examples of the most remarkable and controversial cartooning and comic art Brings together contributions from scholars based in - and analysis drawing on - multiple international contexts

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Richard Scully is Professor in Modern History at the University of New England, Australia.

Paulo Jorge Fernandes is Assistant Professor in History at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.

Ritu Gairola Khanduri is Associate Professor in Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA.

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"A fascinating and unique, global account of cartooning conflicts and controversies, both historical and contemporary, written in a highly-readable, informative, and often, entertaining style."

Prof. John A. Lent , Publisher/editor-in-chief, International Journal of Comic Art

This collection of essays explores a field very often left to one side by other academics. The editors and contributors have collectively set out the stakes of historical cartoon satire. In its chronological reach and global range, the work contributes to multiple debates and shows an openness to self-questioning and reflection.

Hugo Frey , Professor of Cultural and Visual History, University of Chichester, UK

This edited collection of new research highlights the way in which the cartoon - long regarded as a staple of journalism and freedom of expression - faces new challenges in the twenty-first century that can be far better understood and appreciated if one takes an historical perspective. Current debates over the limits of freedom of expression, 'political correctness', and 'cancel culture' all have their precedents in past controversies over cartoons and caricature; indeed there is a definite continuum between these past instances of debate and their present manifestations.

Richard Scully is Professor in Modern History at the University of New England, Australia.

Paulo Jorge Fernandes is Assistant Professor in History at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.

Ritu Gairola Khanduri is Associate Professor in Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA.

Chapters 2 and 10 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Inhalt

1: Introduction.- 2: The Political Cartoon History and Historiography.- 3: Striking Weapons: Cartoons during the American Civil War, 1861-1865.- 4: Culture Wars within a 'United' Kingdom: Irish Cartoons in a British Empire, 1870-1872.- 5: Caricature and identity crisis on the satirical war between Punch and Pontos nos ii (1889-90).- 6: 'Why should public men be held up to ridicule?: The George Reid Caricature Controversy of 1904 and its Echoes in the Continuities and Discontinuities in Australia in 2012.- 7: The Conspiracy of Laughter: Cartoons and their Critics in India.- 8: Brazilian Disputed Imaginaries: Graphic Humour in the Black and Indigenous Press in the 1970s-80s.- 9: The Decade of Jyllands Posten and Charlie Hebdo: 2005-2015.- 10: Mark Knight versus Serena Williams Game, Set, and Match for Political Correctness?.- 11: A Blind Man and a Dog Walk into a Cartoon: The Limits of Humour, Antisemitism and Racism and Informal Censorship in the Contemporary Liberal Press.- 12: Zapiro as Zorro: Political Cartooning during the South African HIV/AIDS Crisis.- 13: Conclusion.