Political cultures compared: The Muhammad cartoons in the Danish and British Press

Ethnicities

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 334-360

  Meer, Nasar ^a   Mouritsen, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cartoons controversy; Citizenship; Civic status; Freedom of speech; Muslims; News editorials; Public discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249120755     PISSN: 14687968     EISSN: 17412706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468796809337428     Document Type: Article

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