I think I know whats going on here, although I was a little confused at first as to what the american flag meant. My guess is that your showing what has become of a once beautiful artifact in the modern age. The text tells that this is the real chinese lantern as it exists today, and the ancient beauty it held in the past is only a memory.
as I mentioned there is some confusion with the addition of the flag on the lanterns. I suppose it has something to do with the exotic mystery that the idea of "made in china" once had, and now this phrase describes nearly every item we purchase.
Maybe the contextual system here is China's overall loss of cultural identity at the hands of globalization.
your conclusions are on point - or at least as close to the point as you can be. my original thoughts were that these, as said, once beautiful artifacts are being mass produced in china to be americanized. the ideas and denotations of these said lamps lose all of their meaning when they are put up for random lighting effects in the backyards of america.
the text is used in an ironic fashion, where it says chinese lantern, but the visual says american lantern.
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I think I know whats going on here, although I was a little confused at first as to what the american flag meant. My guess is that your showing what has become of a once beautiful artifact in the modern age. The text tells that this is the real chinese lantern as it exists today, and the ancient beauty it held in the past is only a memory.
as I mentioned there is some confusion with the addition of the flag on the lanterns. I suppose it has something to do with the exotic mystery that the idea of "made in china" once had, and now this phrase describes nearly every item we purchase.
Maybe the contextual system here is China's overall loss of cultural identity at the hands of globalization.
ahhhh, grant.... good work detective!
your conclusions are on point - or at least as close to the point as you can be. my original thoughts were that these, as said, once beautiful artifacts are being mass produced in china to be americanized. the ideas and denotations of these said lamps lose all of their meaning when they are put up for random lighting effects in the backyards of america.
the text is used in an ironic fashion, where it says chinese lantern, but the visual says american lantern.
so, is thus, the conclusion of the postcards.
amen.
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