Aspirational Iconography
The European Union Flag as an Extraterritorial Political Symbol
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7513846 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Johnson (0000-0002-7548-7111, McGill University, corresponding author), Benjamin Forest (0000-0002-4831-9403, McGill University) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 386-404 |
| Publication date | 2026-02-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the American Association of Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2469-4452 • E-ISSN: 2469-4460 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/24694452.2025.2569511 |
| OpenAlex | W4415674823 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 48 |
Context (archaeology · European union · Flag (linear algebra · Politics · Symbol (formal · European Union Policy and Governance · Global Security and Public Health · National Identity and Symbolism
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From banal to everyday nationalism
The EU's Indistinct Identity
Flag, Nation and Symbolism in Europe and America
Becoming banal
The Flying of Israeli Flags in Northern Ireland
Belarus’ new political nation? 2020 anti-authoritarian protests as identity building
Better the devil you know
Flag within a Flag
New Europe
Rebuilding the fortress? Europe in a changing world economy
The LGBT specter in Russia
Western leveraged pedagogy of Central and Eastern Europe
Practical orientalism – bodies, everyday life and the construction of otherness
The new state flags as the iconographic symbols of the post-Soviet space
Exploring informal vexillgeographies
A Chronotope of Containment Development
Stitching together the nation's fabric during the Chile uprisings
Narrative-Based Production of State Spaces for International Region Building
Policy and Geopolitics
Flagging the nations
Flags, society and space
Striking stories
Interventions in the new political geographies of the European ‘neighborhood
The conflicting logics of cross-border reterritorialization
Identity and European integration
Standing for Europe
Fighting for Europe
The outsiders
Producing Sicily as Europe
Showing Their True Colors? How EU Flag Display Affects Perceptions of Party Elites’ European Attachment
The symbolism of the Arab flag in modern Arab states
Contesting Brexit Masculinities
Time Bomb
Whose South is it anyway? Race and the Confederate battle flag in South Carolina
The narratives of exclusion and self-exclusion in the Russian conflict discourse on EU-Russian Relations
Flag planting and finger pointing
Solidarity, the national flag, and embodied differences
Deus Vult
American Nationalism, The Flag, And The Invasion Of Iraq
Waving Israeli Flags at Right-Wing Christian Rallies in South Korea
Performance, Emotions, and Diplomacy in the United Nations Assemblage in New York
Symbolic accretion and commemoration
From Theory To Practice
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |