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Uncle Sam and John Bull:the evolutions of militar icons
Vesa Matteo Piludu
2009
University of Helsinki
Department of Art Research, Semiotics
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National symbols as taboo
National symbols are taboo In a negative sense (general prohibition: for Italians it is quite
uncommon postulate that Dante was a mediocre poet) In a positive sense (they include general rules of behavior: the
Bulgarians enjoy if the Bulgarian football national team defeat Germany 2-1)
Generally national symbols are part of Doxa (Common sense), are not object of discussion, are accepted and celebrated as a matter of faith
The semiotic analysis of national symbols includes a deconstruction and often a critic of the ideological use of the national symbols
Semiotics as taboo-breaker
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Uncle Sam: World War I Army Recruiting poster (1917)
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John Bull
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Lord Kitchener "Your country needs you!”
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Prior to the Civil War: Brother Jonathan
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Civil WarUNCLE SAMUEL and the Copperheads
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Uncle Sam and Columbia August 23, 1862 edition of Harper's Weekly
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John Bull and Uncle Sam
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JOHN BULL SINCE THE SOUTHERN REBELLION
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Uncle Sam and John Bull January 16, 1864 edition of Harper's Weekly
UNCLE SAM (to Young John Bull). "There, JACKY—there's one of Daboll's New Fog-Whistles for you. You're always in a Fog about our affairs, you know. Now go and blow it upon Cape Race, and say it was UNCLE SAM sent you."
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Uncle Sam and Volunteers August 9, 1862 edition of Harper's Weekly
THE ROD IN PICKLE. JOHN BULL. "Insensate and
degenerate People!" (Vide London Times.)
U. S. VOLUNTEER. "What's that? I'll 'degenerate' you, you Old Snarling Hypocrite!"
UNCLE SAM. "Easy, my Son; let the Rods soak a little longer in the Pickle! Easy a little while longer!"
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March 1, 1862 edition of Harper's Weekly
UNCLE SAM giving his Favorite Bull-Terrier "CHARLIE VAN WYCK" a Field-Day with the CONTRACTORS
Corruption was so rampant, there was a joke in the Civil War that went like this:
Why do our soldiers need no barbers?
Because they are regularly shaved by the Government contractors.
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Uncle Sam playing chess with Rebel President Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis, the Spirit of Treason, playing with UNCLE SAM for his Life
June 3, 1865 edition of Harper's Weekly, it came out soon after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
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Cartoon from the December 21, 1861 edition of Harper's Weekly
This cartoon appeared shortly after the start of the Civil War, and is dealing with the issue of Virginia being split into two states
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Thomas Nast's Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner November 20, 1869 edition of Harper's Weekly
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Nast’s Canon
Nast's Image of Uncle Sam had evolved into one that we would recognize today.
The image to the left is the cover of the November 24, 1876 Harper's Weekly
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Modern Uncles
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Buy War Bonds
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John Bull as Lion
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John Bull as a Bull
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Unvoluntary comicity
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Comical Uncles
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Uncle Santa
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Your country needs MOO
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Uncle Sam and Global Warming
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Help Uncle Sam
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Uncle and Iraq
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Ucle and Cap
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Uncle resting
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Uncle Bush, Uncle Castro, Uncle Mouse
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Uncle and Obama
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From We Can Do It to Yes, we Can!
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Crying Sam
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I want Out
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