The yellow ribboning of the USA: contested meanings in the construction of a political symbol
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People had many reasons for wearing yellow ribbons during the Gulf War of 1991 but the retreat toward these symbols obviated a discussion of the deeper social issues of war. Some politicians used these symbols to bolster the role of the US as Kuwait's protector. The ribbons were a way to delineate groups of like-minded individuals without encouraging discussion of the morality of war. There was a national nostalgia for uncomplicated answers.
Publication Name: Western Folklore
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0043-373X
Year: 1996
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Los Angeles' Old Plaza and Olvera Street: imagined and contested space
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The Olvera Street and Old Plaza section of Los Angeles, inhabited by Hispanic American merchants until the 1930s, was transformed by a group of white elites into a romanticized projection of colonial Spain. This project, largely directed by Christine Sterling, would later ironically become a symbol of Chicano cultural identity.
Publication Name: Western Folklore
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0043-373X
Year: 1999
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The vanishing hitchhiker at fifty-five
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The often-told legend of the vanishing hitchhiker was first studied by folklorists in the 1940s and was thought to have died out, since the versions collected were from before 1939. Folklorists in the 1970s and 1980s found newer versions of the legend in use, updated to reflect current events and preoccupations.
Publication Name: Western Folklore
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0043-373X
Year: 1998
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