Evocation and Figurative Thought in Tennessee Flag Culture
Resource type
Author/contributor
- Knowlton, Steven A. (Author)
Title
Evocation and Figurative Thought in Tennessee Flag Culture
Abstract
This Driver Award-winning paper uses communication theory to study the flag culture of Tennessee. Applies concepts such as semiotics, pragmatic unity, and visual synecdoche to the examination of flags and flag-derived logos used throughout the Volunteer State.
Publication
Raven: A Journal of Vexillology
Publisher
North American Vexillological Association (NAVA)
Date
2013
Volume
20
Pages
23-54
Journal Abbr
Raven
ISSN
1071-0043
Archive
NAVA Digital Library
Language
[eng] English
Library Catalog
NAVA Publications Index (NPI) // International Vexillological Index (IVI)
License
open access
Extra
[IVI.CID] 70d7799b-57c7-4e99-9d5e-f5423e9426a3
Citation
Knowlton, Steven A. 2013. “Evocation and Figurative Thought in Tennessee Flag Culture.” Raven: A Journal of Vexillology 20: 23–54. NAVA Digital Library. https://www.nava.org/digital-library/Raven_v20_2013_p023-054.pdf.
Organization
Topic
- City Flags
- Communication Theory
- Confederate Flag
- County Flags
- Cultural Environment
- Evocation
- Figurative Thought
- Flags
- Logos
- Nashville Predators
- Political Environment
- Pragmatic Unity
- Pragmatics
- Semiotic Analysis
- Semiotics
- Symbols
- Tennessee
- Tennessee Flag
- Tennessee Titans
- Vexillology
- Visual Imagery
- Visual Synecdoche
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