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"[A] very important contribution to various debates on current Danish identity politics and more generally, on the developments of contemporary right-wing politics prevailing in Europe and the West." * Gunvor Jonsson, International Migration Institute (IMI), University of Oxford "The book offers an insightful background to the increased resistance towards ethnic minorities and the growing Islamophobia in Denmark. This development escalated with the Muhammad Cartoon Crisis that broke out in 2005 and later reverberated in different parts of the world." * Anders Hellstrom, Malmo University The Muhammad cartoon crisis of 2005ae'2006 in Denmark caught the world by surprise as the growing hostilities toward Muslims had not been widely noticed. Through the methodologies of media anthropology, cultural studies, and communication studies, this book brings together more than thirteen years of research on three significant historical media events in order to show the drastic changes and emerging fissures in Danish society and to expose the politicization of Danish news journalism, which has consequences for the political representation and everyday lives of ethnic minorities in Denmark.
Contents
List of Tables and Figures Preface List of Acronyms Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The Emergence of Neonationalism and Neoracism in the Post-1989-World Chapter 3. Newspaper Campaign Unlike Any Other Chapter 4. The End of Tolerance? Chapter 5. The Danish Cultural World of Unbridgeable Differences Chapter 6. The Mona Sheikh Story 2001 Chapter 7. Mediated Muslims: Jyllands-Posten's Coverage of Islam 2001 Chapter 8. The Response from Muslim Readers and Viewers Chapter 9. The Original Spin: Freedom of Speech as Danish News Management Chapter 10. A Political Struggle in the Field of Journalism Chapter 11. The Narrative of IncompatibilityA" and The Politics of Negative Dialouges in the Danish Cartoon Affair Chapter 12. We Have To Explain Why We ExistA" Chapter 13. Conclusion Appendix: Permissions References Index
