Publications

Publication details [#49163]

Mazid, Bahaa-Eddin. 2008. Cowboy and misanthrope: a critical (discourse) analysis of Bush and bin Laden cartoons. Discourse & Communication 2 (3) : 433–457.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

critical discourse analysis | image | metaphor | political language | semiotics

Language as a subject

Arabic | English

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Annotation

This paper offers a semiotic-discursive analysis of the political cartoon construction in English and Arabic regarding George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden, in the aftermath of 9/11 and within the context of the ongoing 'war on terror'.