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Haciendo Patria : The Puerto Rican Flag in the Art of Juan Sánchez

Michelle Joan Wilkinson
Small Axe (2004) 8 (2): 61–83.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/07990537-8-2-61
Published: 01 September 2004
...Michelle Joan Wilkinson Small Axe Incorporated 2004 This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved. Small Axe 16, September 2004: pp. 61 83 ISSN 0799-0537 Haciendo Patria: The Puerto Rican Flag in the Art of Juan...
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Taitu Heron as <span class="search-highlight">flag</span> woman leading the march. Photograph courtesy of Taitu H...

Taitu Heron as flag woman leading the march. Photograph courtesy of Taitu H...

in The Tambourine Army: Sonic Disruptions and the Politics of Respectability > Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism
Published: 01 July 2020
Figure 2 Taitu Heron as flag woman leading the march. Photograph courtesy of Taitu Heron, Tambourine Army. More
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States of Crisis, Flags of Convenience: An Introduction

Ryan Cecil Jobson
Small Axe (2020) 24 (2 (62)): 67–77.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/07990537-8604490
Published: 01 July 2020
... of the first oil production vessel in Guyanese territorial waters—and probes the contradictions between the extractive imperative of economic nationalism and the existential threat of Caribbean extinction. Engaging “flags of convenience” as a practice of merchant ship registration and a metaphor for the ideal...
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The Swedish, French, local Saint-Barthélemy, and European Union <span class="search-highlight">flags</span> in fr...

The Swedish, French, local Saint-Barthélemy, and European Union flags in fr...

in The Caribbean Scorpion: The Saint-Barthélemy Archive and Swedish Colonial Amnesia > Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism
Published: 01 July 2020
Figure 2 The Swedish, French, local Saint-Barthélemy, and European Union flags in front of the Gustavia Hôtel de la collectivité, the seat of the local governing body. Photograph by the author. More
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Run-a-Bout , 2017; 1969 Schwinn Runabout, chrome-plated machete, <span class="search-highlight">flags</span>. Pho...

Run-a-Bout , 2017; 1969 Schwinn Runabout, chrome-plated machete, flags. Pho...

in Ride or Die > Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism
Published: 01 November 2018
Figure 5 Run-a-Bout , 2017; 1969 Schwinn Runabout, chrome-plated machete, flags. Photograph by Chaz Langley. More
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“Our own gayful rest”: A Postcolonial Archive

Kanika Batra
Small Axe (2010) 14 (1 (31)): 46–59.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/07990537-2009-043
Published: 01 March 2010
... for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG) to redress legal and social discrimination against sexual minorities continue the efforts of the GFM to create, in Benedict Andersen's famous words, an “imagined community,” I argue for a historical understanding of the print-mediated community generated by the Gaily...
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Estadista ( Statehood’er ), 2017; 1968 Schwinn Fastback, vintage hangman s...

Estadista ( Statehood’er ), 2017; 1968 Schwinn Fastback, vintage hangman s...

in Ride or Die > Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism
Published: 01 November 2018
Figure 3 Estadista ( Statehood’er ), 2017; 1968 Schwinn Fastback, vintage hangman sissy bar, flags. Background: State Hood , 2017; Klansman hood sewn from the 2016 campaign flags of the Partido Nuevo Progresista, Puerto Rico’s pro-statehood party. Photograph by Jason Wyche. More
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Double-Phantom / Entro-P.R. , 2017; customized 1952 Schwinn Phantom bicycle...

Double-Phantom / Entro-P.R. , 2017; customized 1952 Schwinn Phantom bicycle...

in Ride or Die > Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism
Published: 01 November 2018
Figure 1 Double-Phantom / Entro-P.R. , 2017; customized 1952 Schwinn Phantom bicycles and flags. Photograph by Jason Wyche. More
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’51 (Se acabaron las promesas) [ The Promises Are Over ], 2012–17; 1951 Sc...

’51 (Se acabaron las promesas) [ The Promises Are Over ], 2012–17; 1951 Sc...

in Ride or Die > Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism
Published: 01 November 2018
Figure 7 ’51 (Se acabaron las promesas) [ The Promises Are Over ], 2012–17; 1951 Schwinn Hornet, custom platform, LEDs, and flags. Photograph by Jason Wyche. More
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Ride or Die

Miguel Luciano
Small Axe (2018) 22 (3 (57)): 115–122.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/07990537-7249199
Published: 01 November 2018
...Figure 5 Run-a-Bout , 2017; 1969 Schwinn Runabout, chrome-plated machete, flags. Photograph by Chaz Langley. ...
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At the Crossroads of Many Worlds: Marilyn Houlberg and Arts Patronage in Haiti

Peter L. Haffner
Small Axe (2022) 26 (2 (68)): 60–78.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/07990537-9901612
Published: 01 July 2022
... to adapt new forms and techniques in their work, which Houlberg documented. These changes affected drapo’s sacred uses in local ceremonies, as well as their secular uses in the international market. Catering to demands of the international market, many flag makers in this period began to move away from...
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The Pink Elephant in the Room

Dionne Benjamin-Smith
Small Axe (2006) 10 (3): 105–110.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/-10-3-105
Published: 01 October 2006
...Dionne Benjamin-Smith Small Axe Incorporated 2006 The Pink Elephant in the Room Dionne Benjamin-Smith Black Crab Pledge of Allegiance From afar, you recognize this piece as representing the Bahamian flag. When you come near, you realize there are other things going...
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In the Presence of the Past: An Afterword on Red and Black in Haiti

Matthew J. Smith
Small Axe (2011) 15 (3 (36)): 173–187.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/07990537-1443385
Published: 01 November 2011
... throughout the book with the image of the Haitian flag, the foremost symbol of the country’s nationalism. The cover ofRed and Black in Haiti features a fantastic image from 1947 that was kindly supplied by esteemed Haitian historian Georges Corvington: an enormous crowd in Port-au-Prince is being led...
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Baby on the Blender: A Visual History of Catastrophe in Haiti

Donald Cosentino
Small Axe (2011) 15 (3 (36)): 134–154.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/07990537-1443358
Published: 01 November 2011
... was filled with Vodou objects, which now number three thousand pieces, 10 percent of which went on display in “Vodou: A Way of Life,” an exhibition that began a tour of European museums in 2007.21 Some of the items—exquisitely embroidered flags; sequined medicine bundles paquet( Kongo) wrapped...
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De Jamette in We : Redefining Performance in Contemporary Trinidad Carnival

Samantha A. Noel
Small Axe (2010) 14 (1 (31)): 60–78.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/07990537-2009-044
Published: 01 March 2010
... pan while the women, frequently jamettes, served as the flag bearers of the steel band. Most of the “pan men” were called badjohns or saga boys, flashy dressers who lived up to their branded names, as they opted to go against moral standards and reputation that were customary...
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The Caribbean Scorpion: The Saint-Barthélemy Archive and Swedish Colonial Amnesia

Fredrik Thomasson
Small Axe (2020) 24 (2 (62)): 53–66.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/07990537-8604478
Published: 01 July 2020
...Figure 2 The Swedish, French, local Saint-Barthélemy, and European Union flags in front of the Gustavia Hôtel de la collectivité, the seat of the local governing body. Photograph by the author. ...
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The Jamaican 1970s and Its Influence on the Making of Black Britain

Eddie Chambers
Small Axe (2019) 23 (1 (58)): 134–149.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/07990537-7374502
Published: 01 March 2019
.... In closing, it is worth mentioning another aspect of the complicated relationship that Jamaica had to black Britain in the 1970s. The early 1960s, particularly the moment of independence in 1962, saw the Jamaican project of nation building develop in earnest. The newly created national flag and anthem took...
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The Tambourine Army: Sonic Disruptions and the Politics of Respectability

Danielle Roper, Traci-Ann Wint
Small Axe (2020) 24 (2 (62)): 35–52.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/07990537-8604466
Published: 01 July 2020
...Figure 2 Taitu Heron as flag woman leading the march. Photograph courtesy of Taitu Heron, Tambourine Army. ...
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Postdisaster Futures: Hopeful Pessimism, Imperial Ruination, and La futura cuir

Yarimar Bonilla
Small Axe (2020) 24 (2 (62)): 147–162.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/07990537-8604562
Published: 01 July 2020
... taking shape. 16 Meanwhile, in what would become independent nations, forms of decolonization were being forged that allowed for “flag independence” while severely limiting economic and other forms of sovereignty. 17 During the mid-twentieth century residents of both the independent nations...
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Street Art as I See It: A Photographic Document

Donnette Zacca
Small Axe (2010) 14 (1 (31)): 184–188.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/07990537-2009-049
Published: 01 March 2010
.... Gone are the days of simplified line drawings and text from the bible, a style often used by the Rastafarians. While such symbolism is still alive, its appearance is greatly reduced. The colors, flags, and icons of that faith are now more often attached to established musicians...
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