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

by Marcel Danesi

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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... Read more

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 some women make locomotion difficult for themselves by donning high-heel footwear? Are there unconscious forces at workbehind such strange behaviors? This book will attempt to answer such questions by claiming that these behaviors are meaningful in culture-specific ways. The discipline that studies such behaviors and their relation to meanings is calledsemiotics.Semiotics probes the human condition in its own peculiar way, by unraveling the meanings ofsigns, which motivate not only the wearing of high heel shoes, but also the construction of words and art forms.

Now in its third edition, this landmark introduction to semiotics has been updated with a wealth of new content, focusing on the many developments in digital culture since the previous edition. With the addition of topics such as memes, Selfies, social media profiles, and even Mafia discourse, the new edition comprehensively covers new trends in culture while streamlining treatments of basic semiotics contents.

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File size6.10(w)x9.25(h)x(d)
Print pages236
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
Publication date May 9, 2018
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781349953479
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Marcel Danesi
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Marcel Danesi teaches Italian at the University of Toronto and is the author of Correct Your Italian Blunders....

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