Elite literary institutions normalized grotesque anti-Muslim propaganda
Evidence
It is a measure of the degree to which nationalism had degraded Serb culture and civic values that the cartoons of Mihajlovic were published not in some obscure journal but in the Literary Gazette (Knjizevne novine) of Belgrade, the official arm of the Association of Serbian Writers. — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed, 191
Categorization
- DEFINE: Shows that the dehumanizing imagery ran in the elite literary establishment, not fringe publications.
- XREF: connects to: The Eurabia conspiracy theory about Muslim demographic domination has circulated widely through bestselling authors — Nasar Meer, Racialization and Religion: Race,…, 50; Anti-racist Muslim American writing draws censorship while imperial apologia is celebrated — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 703