Otherising Iran in American political discourse: case study of a post-JCPOA senate hearing on Iran sanctions.
Using van Dijk's critical discourse analysis, this paper attempts to analyse the ways in which the Islamic Republic of Iran is constructed as a security threat in US congressional hearings. The article is based on the case of the two-day congressional hearing on post-JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan...
| Publicado en: | Third World Quarterly Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 109 - 129 |
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