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In the Wake of the Gulf War: Untying the Yellow Ribbon
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In the Gulf war and its aftermath, U.S. national identity has been revitalized and repackaged in an American flag-bumper stickers, windshield decals, flags on car antennae, porches, office buildings.Abstract:
T hroughout the Gulf war and its aftermath, U.S. national identity has been revitalized and repackaged in an American flag-bumper stickers, windshield decals, flags on car antennae, porches, office buildings. One man in Los Angeles painted his entire house red, white, and blue. Businesses large and small cashed in on the patriotic fervor with strategies that collapsed categories of gender, technology, and the nation in juxtapositionsread more
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