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there's a long history that has spread in front of that ww1 poster--have a look at john dower's "war without mercy" on the american use of racist imagery to build support for the war against japan. of course, the americans have no monopoly on this, so there are many such histories. the point is that that poster is not isolated, nor should it be treated as isolated.
personally, i maintain my vague hope that the image is self-consciously fashioned and that it is ridiculing vogue itself in the process.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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