"Our England": Discourses of "race" and class in party election leaflets

Social Semiotics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-335

  Richardson, John E ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical discourse analysis; Far right politics; Multi modal analysis; National identity; Political leaflets; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849132088     PISSN: 10350330     EISSN: 14701219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10350330802217105     Document Type: Article

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