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US–Kenya Economic Relations under Obama and Their Image in the Kenyan News Discourse

Journal of Nationalism, Memory & Language Politics
Volume 12 (2018): Issue 1 (July 2018)
By: Vilém Řehák  
Open Access
|Jul 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2018-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2570-5857
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Language: English
Page range: 72 - 99
Published on: Jul 30, 2018
Published by: Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Kenya–US economic relations,
strategic narratives,
soft power,
news discourse,
media discourse analysis
Related subjects:
Cultural studies,
Cultural theory,
Political theory,
Topics in cultural studies,
Memory,
History,
Topics in history,
Political ideologies and ideas,
Social sciences,
Political science,
Political science, other

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