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This article is based on a notion of national landscape imagery understood as a visual signifying system, representing national space and linking physical sites with national ideology. According to Stuart Hall, national identity is produced by a cultural system of representation essentially based on stereotypes. These are conventional by nature, yet have the power of directing individual thought and action (Hall 1992; Moscovici 1984).
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Häyrynen, M. (2004). Countryside Imagery in Finnish National Discourse. In: Palang, H., Sooväli, H., Antrop, M., Setten, G. (eds) European Rural Landscapes: Persistence and Change in a Globalising Environment. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-306-48512-1_7
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