Ideology versus Quasi-Ideology: 'Rashism' and 'Ukrofascism' in World, Ukrainian, and Russian Political Cartoons and Memes

• In Event: Make Laughter, Not War: Caricature, Emotion, and Politics in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Era

Abstract

This paper investigates images of Russo-Ukrainian war in political humor and the role of national stereotypes in image-building. It uses multi-modal discourse analysis to examine the implementation of ideologies of "rashism" and "ukrofascism" in both national and international contexts.

Author

• Orest Semotiuk, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)