Hot, banal and everyday nationalism: Bilingual road signs in Wales

Political Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 164-173

  Jones, Rhys ^a   Merriman, Peter ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banal nationalism; Bilingualism; Everyday; Road signs; Wales

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE; LANGUAGE; NATIONALISM; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649863791     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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