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Flag As Fetish: Urbanizing the Color of a Nation

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Flags, Color, and the Legal Narrative

Part of the book series: Law and Visual Jurisprudence ((LVJ,volume 1))

Abstract

The visual identity of a Nation uses culturally color codes and images that conceal assumptions about members of a people comprising a nation, or a people within a nation. Flags are really important symbols. However, the identity of a people is also visible in urban fabric and clothing being used by Officials either for official visits or for commercial events. Therefore, this chapter considers the complexity and diversity in the building of a common memory not only with flags, but more precisely with the colors being used under such events.

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  1. 1.

    https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sports/foot/euro/l-histoire-secrete-de-footix-la-mascotte-que-vous-adorez-detester_1456065.html.

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    https://www.sporfit84.com/salle-de-sport-robion-actualites/ouverture-coupe-du-monde, https://wc-football.jimdofree.com/france-1998/.

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    Image available at https://www.uso.org/partners/coca-cola.

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    Image available at http://xahlee.org/Periodic_dosage_dir/lanci/t3.html.

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    Image available at https://www.bcilabels.com/in-stock-24-hour-rush-labels/made-in-usa-center-fold-woven-damask-label-500pcs/.

  6. 6.

    The Saipan garment industry has a long history in the American apparel business, as noted in https://www.csmonitor.com/1993/0726/26182.html and https://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/a360ee58-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e/.

  7. 7.

    https://www.dreamstime.com/national-flag-china-medical-facial-mask-corona-virus-covid-national-flag-china-medical-facial-mask-caring-protection-image173870036 (accessed on March 19th, 2020).

  8. 8.

    https://www.dreamstime.com/national-flag-china-medical-facial-mask-corona-virus-covid-national-flag-china-medical-facial-mask-caring-protection-image173870036.

  9. 9.

    https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1184312.shtml (accessed on August 28, 2020).

  10. 10.

    https://jyllands-posten.dk/debat/tegning/ECE11898365/dagens-tegning-coronavirus/.

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    https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/coronavirus-rio-christ-the-redeemer-trnd/index.html.

  12. 12.

    In addition to the United States, other countries that also use the primary triad of red, white, and blue on their national flags includes Australia, Cambodia, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, Fiji, France, Iceland, Laos, Liberia, Luxembourg, Nepal, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Russia, Samoa, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand, and the United Kingdom.

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    4 U.S.C., 2011 edition. Available at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2011-title4/html/USCODE-2011-title4-chap1.htm.

  14. 14.

    Pub. L. 109-243, July 24, 2006, 120 Stat. 572.

  15. 15.

    Texas v Johnson (491 US 397 (1989)).

  16. 16.

    See: https://www.madefrance.fr/blog/4-arnaud-montebourg-et-le-made-in-france.

  17. 17.

    https://www.douane.gouv.fr/fiche/le-marquage-de-lorigine-made-infabrique-en.

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    http://world.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0719/c1002-30157940.html (accessed on March 19, 2020).

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    https://www.thenational.ae/uae/government/burj-khalifa-lit-up-ahead-of-xi-jinping-state-visit-to-uae-1.751073 (accessed on March 19, 2020).

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  2. Department of Political Science, University of Hawai’i Hilo, Hilo, HI, USA

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  3. Asia Institute, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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Wagner, A., Marusek, S., Yu, W. (2021). Flag As Fetish: Urbanizing the Color of a Nation. In: Wagner, A., Marusek, S. (eds) Flags, Color, and the Legal Narrative. Law and Visual Jurisprudence, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32865-8_23

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