Piqueteros in “the great Argentine newspaper”. Clarín representations in a period of crisis of hegemony

This paper examines the evolution of the most widespread discourses in Argentina about the piqueteros movement between 2000 and 2001, a period marked by the development of a crisis of hegemony. For that, based on theoretical and methodological strategy that follows the main contributions of critical...

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Author: Benclowicz, José Daniel
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2016
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repository:Espiral Estudios sobre Estado y Sociedad
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:espiral.cucsh.udg.mx:article/4780
Online Access:http://espiral.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/EEES/article/view/4780
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:piqueteros
popular rebellions
Salta
media representations
Clarín.
puebladas
representaciones mediáticas
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Summary:This paper examines the evolution of the most widespread discourses in Argentina about the piqueteros movement between 2000 and 2001, a period marked by the development of a crisis of hegemony. For that, based on theoretical and methodological strategy that follows the main contributions of critical discourse analysis, the news published in the newspaper with the highest circulation are analyzed in relation to a case in point: the roadblocks and popular rebellions starred by piqueteros movement in the province of Salta. The article shows the complex and contradictory relationship between the development of the crisis of hegemony and the representations deployed in Clarin.