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A balcony in Barcelona with the Catalan flag hanging from its window, subject of an essay by Marina Garces

Essay | Flags Made in China by Marina Garcés

Essays

‘If we take a closer look at them, flags don’t express the eternal identity of nations but the power relations upon which today’s nation states have been constructed and consolidated.’

Marina Garcés on Catalan flags and nation states.

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