Contesting the populist claim on "the people" through popular culture: The 0110 concerts versus the Vaams Belang

Social Semiotics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-196

  de Cleen, Benjamin ^a   Carpentier, Nico ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Discoursetheoretical analysis; Extreme right; Popular culture; Populism; Vlaams belang

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956166466     PISSN: 10350330     EISSN: 14701219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10350330903565899     Document Type: Article

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