Antititovske/antijugoslovenske karikature u Bugarskoj (1948-1953): Slučaj Stršljen
The Bulgarian Cartoons against Tito and Yugoslavia (1948-1953): The Case of Hornet

Author(s): Dmitar Grigorov
Subject(s): Cultural history, Visual Arts, Political history, International relations/trade, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije
Keywords: Bulgaria; FPRY/Yugoslavia; caricature; Josip Broz Tito; the Tito-Stalin conflict; propaganda; art; press;
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with a relatively marginal topic which is part of a much larger framework that shapes the Tito-Stalin conflict after the Cominform resolution against Yugoslavia - namely the cartoon propaganda which took place in Bulgaria. The accent is put on the cartoons dedicated to the Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito in particular and Yugoslavia in general. This problem is discussed on the background of the dynamical and controversial Bulgarian-Yugoslav and Bulgarian-Serbian relations. The author tries to examine whether Bulgarian cartoons after 1948 used the older Bulgarian stereotypes regarding Serbs and Yugoslavs and whether there were new messages which under the influence of communist ideology departed from traditional images attached to the Bulgaria’s western neighbors.

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