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Of cigarettes, high heels, and other interesting things : an introduction to semiotics
- Title
- Of cigarettes, high heels, and other interesting things : an introduction to semiotics / Marcel Danesi.
- Author
- Danesi, Marcel, 1946-
- Publication
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 215 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "In this volume, author Marcel Danesi shows us that the discipline that endeavors to understand the human quest for meaning is known as semiotics. He demonstrates how semiotics unravels the meanings of signs that make up the system of what we call a culture or a society. This book will engender in the reader the same kind of analytical and inquisitive frame of mind with which a semiotician approaches the subject matter of meaning. Basic semiotic ideas and analytical techniques are introduced via a fictional - yet very telling - scene, one that reveals a lot about the human need for meaning. The scene is a fashionable modern-day restaurant, and the fictional actions that occur allow Danesi to provide the semiotic version of the human drama in concrete terms."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Semaphores and signs
- Uniform Title
- Semaphores and signs.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-207) and index.
- Contents
- Cigarettes and High Heels: the universe of signs -- What Does It Mean? How Humans Represent the World -- Make-Up: Why Do We Put It On? -- Tell Me About Yourself: What Is Language? -- Kisses Sweeter Than Wine: Metaphor and the Making of Meaning -- Now, You Tell Me About Yourself: Why Do We Tell Stories? -- At Arm's Length: The Meanings of Spaces -- What a Beautiful Ring: The Meanings of Clothes and Objects -- Art Is Indistinguishable From Life: The Artistic Nature of the Human Species -- There's More to Perfume Than Just Smell: Advertising, Pop Culture, and Television.
- ISBN
- 0312210841
- 9780312210847
- 0312214502
- 9780312214500
- LCCN
- 99017390
- OCLC
- ocm40714038
- 40714038
- SCSB-694485
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library