Stamps, Nationalism and Political Transition

Herausgeber: Brunn, Stanley D

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how states in political transition use stamps to promote a new visual nationalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 771g
• ISBN-13: 9780367501204
• ISBN-10: 0367501201
• Artikelnr.: 64037573

Autorenporträt

Stanley D. Brunn is Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Stamps as symbols of a visual nationalism Chapter 1
Images, semiotics and political transitions: Case studies of first issues from eight nations Chapter 2
Using China's stamp issues to document economic and political changes Chapter 3
Post
liberation Korea
The first postage stamps: A comparative semiotic study of nation building in North and South Korea Chapter 4
From the Netherlands East Indies to Indonesia: A philatelic iconography of political upheaval Chapter 5
Kazakhstan's first twenty
five years of postage stamps: Highlighting nature, nationalism, and selective Soviet memory Chapter 6
Imaging political turmoil through postage stamps in the heart of Africa: Congo/Zaire 1950
1971 from colonialism to national identity Chapter 7
Couriers of change: The semiotics of Senegalese postage stamps Chapter 8
"Non!" visible: How Guinée stamped its political leadership on Africa's decolonization, 1958
1962 Chapter 9
Three marked transitions in Ethiopia's stamp issues: 1960s to present Chapter 10
Transitions in postage stamp iconography: From apartheid to democracy in South Africa Chapter 11
From UN
mandated territory to independent Namibia Chapter 12
Mauritius and its politics on stamps, 1958
1977 Chapter 13
History as stamped by postage stamps: Poland's transitions in the 20th century Chapter 14
Estonia on stamps: Abrupt and smooth periods of political transition Chapter 15
The breakup of Yugoslavia: Territorial disintegration and political transition documented through images on stamps, 1986
2010 Chapter 16
Postage stamps as political transition and integration: The case of North Cyprus Europa stamps 1975 and 1998 Chapter 17
Stamps of the Palestinian Authority: Asserting national identity while under occupation, 1994
2019 Chapter 18
Cuba: The evolution of revolutionary stamps Chapter 19
Local political upheaval and global cultural appropriation: The postage stamps of Grenada, 1974
1988 Chapter 20
Cartooning islands for fun and profit: The proliferation of Disney stamps Chapter 21
Reading contemporary America through Forever stamp themes: A visual analysis and interpretation Chapter 22
Feminine philately: Global unevenness in celebrating women on stamps