For ever England’
The figurative colonization of Flanders
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12904693 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Todd Copeland (0000-0001-8143-1854, Baylor University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 46-60 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media War & Conflict (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-6352 • E-ISSN: 1750-6360 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1750635220902486 |
| OpenAlex | W3008990195 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
During the course of the First World War, the British presence in Belgium resulted in what one can describe as a figurative colonization of Flanders, an intensely defended region in which the British Empire suffered immense casualties. This process of figuratively recreating Flanders into British soil through the employment of possessive tropes took place in propaganda and literary works alike, with such terms as acquisitive equation and idealized interventions echoing those employed in the rhetoric of the British Empire during earlier eras in its imperial history
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · British Empire · Colonization · Empire · Linguistics · Literal and figurative language · Literature · Possessive · Rhetoric · Sociology · Australian History and Society · Historical Art and Culture Studies · History · Philosophy · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |