Of Cigarettes, High Heels, and Other Interesting Things An Introduction to Semiotics /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Danesi, Marcel (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 3rd ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Culture-Study and teaching.; Communication.; Semiotics.; Popular Culture.; Ethnology.; Sociolinguistics.; Popular Science in Cultural and Media Studies.; Media and Communication.; Popular Culture .; Cultural Anthropology.

This book deals with one the most interesting aspects of human life-the search for meaning. It discusses how the science of semiotics is equipped to provide insight on what meaning is and how we produce it. Why is it that certain people routinely put their survival at risk by smoking? Why is it that...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Cigarettes and High Heels: The Universe of Signs
• 2. What Does It Mean?: How Humans Represent the World
• 3. Make-Up: Why Do We Put It on?
• 4. Tell Me about Yourself: What Is Language?
• 5. Kisses Sweeter than Wine: Metaphor and the Making of Meaning
• 6. Now, You Tell Me About Yourself: Why Do We Tell Stories?
• 7. At Arm's Length: The Meanings of Spaces
• 8. What a Beautiful Ring!: The Meaning of Clothes and Objects
• 9. Art is Indistinguishable from Life: The Artistic Nature of the Human Species
• 10. There's More to Perfume than Smell: Advertising, Pop Culture, and Meme Culture.