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Category Archives: Photoessay
Narrating the Road to, and Reality of, Multicultural Britain
This article follows the series on Art and nationalism. Two specific exhibits in London’s galleries have sought to tell the story of the emergence of multicultural Britain, depicting a nation which journeyed through slavery, its abolition and the recognition of … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibition, Photoessay
Tagged Art, Britain, immigration, london museums, multiculturalism, race, UK
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Art and Nationalism in London Museums: Representing Britain
This series examines how pieces of art in London museums speak to or about nationalism by representing or commenting on ‘the nation’. It presents an opportunity for the reader to not only consider the topic in relation to established artists … Continue reading
Stained Glass of Flemish Nationalism
By Dr. Karen Shelby Since the creation of the Belgian state in 1831, some members of the Flemish community have maintained citizenship as Flemings rather than as Belgians and have located their desire for independence from Belgium directly within the … Continue reading
Posted in General, Photoessay
Tagged Art and Ethnicity, Art History, Flemish Nationalism, Stained Glass
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Everything Must Go: Liquidating and Lessening Hmong Cultural Heritage in Laos
By Dr. Simeon S. Magliveras Textiles are an influential site where gender ideals and national, local and ethnic identities are produced and expressed. However, with the advent of tourism and consumerism of fourth world products in Laos, the tensions between … Continue reading
Posted in General, Photoessay
Tagged Consumerism, Cultural Heritage, Ethnicity, Identity, Tourism
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A Picture About Yemen
This work takes seriously the fact of different nationalisms in Yemen by relating three views of the same event to a potent symbol of Yemen’s collective identity – its flag. The work does not demand an assessment of the truth … Continue reading
Posted in General, Photoessay
Tagged Picturing Pluralism in Yemen, Picturing the Uprising in Yemen
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