302.2
Danesi, Marcel,
Of cigarettes, high heels, and other interesting things : an introduction to semiotics /
Marcel Danesi.
- Third edition.
- 1 online resource (ix, 236 pages). -
Academic
Cigarettes and high heels: the universe of signs -- What does it mean? How humans represent the world -- Makeup: 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 meaning of clothes and objects -- Art is indistinguishable from life: the artistic nature of the human species -- There's more to perfume than smell: advertising, pop culture, and meme culture.
Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time;
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
English
9781349953486 1349953482
10.1057/978-1-349-95348-6 doi 9781349953479
com.springer.onix.9781349953486 Springer Nature
GBB8O1585 bnb
Popular works., Semiotics., Social Science, Media Studies.Literary Criticism, Semiotics & Theory.Social Science, Popular Culture.Social Science, AnthropologyCultural.Language Arts & Disciplines, LinguisticsGeneral.Media studies., Semiotics, semiology.Popular culture., Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography., Sociolinguistics., Language Arts & Disciplines, General.Society & culture: general., Communication., Ethnology., Semiotics., Sociolinguistics., Semiotics / semiology., Culture—Study and teaching., Communication., Popular culture., Ethnology., Sociolinguistics.,