Paper short abstract:

The presentation will address the portrayal of the political and ethnic Other. The satirical weekly Pikker presents the material for the analysis. Censorship and other aspects of the historical and cultural context will be taken into account in the study which aims at pinpointing the politics of othering.

Paper long abstract:

The presentation will address the portrayal of the political and ethnic Other, considering a case when these two categories were closely intertwined, as was the case in totalitarian Estonia after the Second World War. The satirical journal Pikker (particularly the mid-1950s, published as a weekly paper) presents the material for the current analysis. The selected time frame includes a historically very inconstant period, both politically and economically, which makes it a hotbed for all kinds of stereotypes of the Other to arise. The strict insitutionalised censorship also affected the images that were published at that time. All these aspects will be taken into consideration in the study which aims at pinpointing the politics of othering, strongly embedded in its historical and cultural context.