Publications

Publication details [#52638]

Lægaard, Sune. 2009. Normative interpretations of diversity: The Muhammad cartoons controversy and the importance of context. Ethnicities 9 (3) : 314–333.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

context | cultural anthropology | image | newspaper report | racism

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Annotation

This review explores the role played by 'context' in leading debates over normative interpretations of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons in the Danish Jyllands-Posten. The study reveals different understandings of the principles of expression, (dis)respect, toleration, (in)civility and racism.