How and when did the kiss become a vital sign of romance and love? In this wide-ranging book, pop culture expert Marcel Danesi takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the history of the kiss, from poetry and painting to movies and popular songs, and argues that its romantic incarnation signaled the birth of popular culture.
How and when did the kiss become a vital sign of romance and love? In this wide-ranging book, pop culture expert Marcel Danesi takes the reader on a f...
How and when did the kiss become a vital sign of romance and love? In this wide-ranging book, pop culture expert Marcel Danesi takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the history of the kiss, from poetry and painting to movies and popular songs, and argues that its romantic incarnation signaled the birth of popular culture.
How and when did the kiss become a vital sign of romance and love? In this wide-ranging book, pop culture expert Marcel Danesi takes the reader on a f...
Media Literacy and Semiotics provides helpful tools to help readers think critically about the meaning of the media images they are exposed to on a daily basis. In this comprehensive book, a basic model of semiotic logic is applied to a variety of media studies to promote critical thinking and media literacy. Elliot Gaines systematically analyzes the hidden meanings in mass-mediated products and texts, and shows how basic meaning structures underlie everything from The Daily Show to television documentaries to infotainment.
Media Literacy and Semiotics provides helpful tools to help readers think critically about the meaning of the media images they are exposed to on a da...
In this introduction to the semiotic theory of one of the most innovative theorists of the twentieth century, the Russian literary scholar and semiotician Yuri Lotman, offers a new look at Lotman's profound legacy by conceptualizing his ideas in modern context and presenting them as a useful tool of cultural analysis.
In this introduction to the semiotic theory of one of the most innovative theorists of the twentieth century, the Russian literary scholar and semioti...
In recent years, the attention of semiotics has strongly shifted from a textual focus to an interrogation of social, cultural, and ethnographic phenomena: rituals, collective behaviors, urban dynamics, politics, memory, and lifestyles. This shift has led to a rethinking of semiotic traditions and its analytic tools, with a specific design to create a strong dialogue with other social sciences: anthropology, ethnography, sociology, and visual studies. In order to clarify what characterizes this recent cultural approach in semiotics, Anna Maria Lorusso reevaluates the work of some of the most...
In recent years, the attention of semiotics has strongly shifted from a textual focus to an interrogation of social, cultural, and ethnographic phenom...
Drawing on a variety of film semiotic theories, this book sheds light on works by mainland Chinese directors, Hong Kong New Wave directors, Taiwan New Cinema directors, and overseas Chinese directors. Zeng examines the cultural/historical implications of exile through the detailed analysis of film language and theoretical exploration.
Drawing on a variety of film semiotic theories, this book sheds light on works by mainland Chinese directors, Hong Kong New Wave directors, Taiwan New...
In this introduction to the semiotic theory of one of the most innovative theorists of the twentieth century, the Russian literary scholar and semiotician Yuri Lotman, offers a new look at Lotman's profound legacy by conceptualizing his ideas in modern context and presenting them as a useful tool of cultural analysis.
In this introduction to the semiotic theory of one of the most innovative theorists of the twentieth century, the Russian literary scholar and semioti...
The Semiotics of Love brings together work on early symbolism, literary practices, and contemporary communication on the theme of romance and the idea of love to forge an understanding of the semiotic-cultural side of romance.
The Semiotics of Love brings together work on early symbolism, literary practices, and contemporary communication on the theme of romance and the idea...
