Representative form and the visual ideograph: The iwo jima image in editorial cartoons

Quarterly Journal of Speech

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 289-310

  Edwards, Janis L ^a   Winkler, Carol K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Icon; Ideograph; Iwojima; Political cartoons; Visual metaphor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037886793     PISSN: 00335630     EISSN: 14795779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00335639709384187     Document Type: Article

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