Brexit and invasive species: a case study of the cognitive and affective encoding of 'abject nature' in contemporary nationalist ideology.
The article addresses the issue of invasive non-native species in Britain and its proximate cultural and political implications. Notably, it charts the co-option of this issue by sections of the nationalist press since the escalation of the European migrant crisis in 2015 and their strategic metapho...
| Published in: | Cultural Studies Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 568 - 598 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul2022
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