Religious vehicle stickers in Nigeria: A discourse of identity, faith and social vision

Discourse and Communication

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-387

  Chiluwa, Innocent ^a  

^a Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Assumption; Discourse; Discursive; Practices; Religion; Stickers

Indexed keywords

EID: 54549100534     PISSN: 17504813     EISSN: 17504821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1750481308091909     Document Type: Article

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