Semiotics / semiology
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Semiotics / semiology
Paperback. S/Z is the linguistic distillation of Barthesa s system of semiology, a science of signs and symbols, in which Balzaca s novella, Sarrasine, is dissected semantically to uncover layers of hidden meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631176077
- ISBN
- 9780631176077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.09
€ 37.09
- Publisher
- United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412904001
- ISBN
- 9781412904001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 161.78
€ 161.78
Paperback. Highly anticipated Second Edition of one of the most popular and influential books ever written in media and cultural studies. A genuine classic, expertly updated for a new generation of students and researchers. Editor(s): Nixon, Sean; Hall, Stuart; Evans, Jessica. Series: Culture, Media and Identities Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: GTE; JFC; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 187 x 23. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849205634
- ISBN
- 9781849205634
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Condition: New
€ 59.24€ 59.08
€ 59.24
€ 59.08
Hardback. Offers the best essays from the acclaimed collection originally published in French. This monumental work examines how and why events and figures become a part of a people's collective memory, how rewriting history can forge new paradigms of cultural identity, and how the meaning attached to an event can become as significant as the event itself. Editor(s): Nora, Pierre; Kritzman, Lawrence D. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 751 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTE; HBJD; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 184 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1566. The Construction of the French Past. Symbols. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. 642 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Nora, Pierre; Kritzman, Lawrence D. Offers the best essays from the acclaimed collection originally published in French. This monumental work examines how and why events and figures become a part of a people's collective memory, how rewriting history can forge new paradigms of cultural identity, and how the meaning attached to an event can become as significant as the event itself. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GTE; HBJD; JFC; JPFN. Dimension: 256 x 184 x 54. Weight: 1508. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 751
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231109260
- ISBN
- 9780231109260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.44€ 56.40
€ 73.44
€ 56.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables, 77 black & white halftones, 8 col. BIC Classification: GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415672573
- ISBN
- 9780415672573
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.98
€ 50.99
€ 50.98
Paperback. An examination of the promise looking at aspects ranging from its semiotic value to legal representations and its place in literature. This work considers texts such as Diderot's "Madame de la Carliere" and Moliere's "Dom Juan". Editor(s): Brandt, Per Aage; Prassoloff, Annie. Series: Poetica et Analytica. Num Pages: 148 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; GTE; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772883984
- ISBN
- 9788772883984
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Condition: New
€ 14.50
€ 14.50
Paperback. In this companion volume to "Iconology", the author investigates pictures - the concrete, representational objects in which images appear. Focusing on popular and television coverage of the Gulf War, he examines the capacity of visual images to awaken/stifle public debate, emotion and violence. Num Pages: 462 pages, 79 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; APFA; APT; GTE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226532325
- ISBN
- 9780226532325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.42
€ 40.99
€ 31.42
Paperback. The zany, the cute, and the interesting saturate postmodern culture, dominating the look of its art and commodities as well as our ways of speaking about the ambivalent feelings these objects often inspire. In this study Ngai offers an aesthetic theory for the hypercommodified, mass-mediated, performance-driven world of late capitalism. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; GTE; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088122
- ISBN
- 9780674088122
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.60
€ 27.99
€ 24.60
Paperback. Translator(s): Brickman, Caroline Lemak. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: BM; GTE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564789969
- ISBN
- 9781564789969
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.85
€ 14.99
€ 13.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 393 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: CFG; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Canadian Scholars Press Canada
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 393
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551302508
- ISBN
- 9781551302508
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Condition: New
€ 68.01
€ 68.01
Paperback. Using examples such as "Big Brother" and "Billy Elliot", Bignell offers a comprehensive, intelligent and readable introduction into the critical approach in contemporary media studies. This second edition includes sections on men's style magazines, docusoaps and "reality TV". Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: GTE; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719062056
- ISBN
- 9780719062056
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Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. Contrary to the usual image of the press in its search for truth, this book depict how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets of the news. It is an account of how propagandistic our mass media are, and how we can learn to read them and see their function in a radical way. It reveals how issues are framed and topics are chosen. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JPVN; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099533115
- ISBN
- 9780099533115
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Condition: New
€ 9.47
€ 9.47
Paperback. Outlines the development of sign study from its classical precursors to contemporary post-structuralism. This title identifies the key semioticians and their work and explains the simple concepts behind difficult terms. It is suitable for those who wish to know why signs are crucial to human existence. Illustrator(s): Jansz, Litza. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, ill. BIC Classification: GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 124 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Icon Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848311855
- ISBN
- 9781848311855
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.78
€ 11.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. INTRODUCING guide to the cult author, semiologist and analyzer of advertising, Roland Barthes Illustrator(s): Piero. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848312043
- ISBN
- 9781848312043
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.03
€ 10.99
€ 9.03
Hardback. Wedge's central argument, presented clearly and illustrated in engaging cases, is that all experience, even the experience of one's own self, is a construction of signs. Symbolic forms such as language, myth, ritual, and drama create and shape our realities and provide useful tools for encouraging therapeutic change. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: GTE; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393702354
- ISBN
- 9780393702354
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17
Paperback. A festscrift made to honour the great scholarly work of Professor Soren Brier. It contains articles written by international scholars within academic fields such as: semiotics, library and information science, order cybernetics, ethics in science, metaphysics. Editor(s): Thellefsen, Thorkild; Sorensen, Bent; Cobley, Paul. Num Pages: 447 pages. BIC Classification: GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Samfundslitteratur Denmark
- Number of pages
- 447
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788770710282
- ISBN
- 9788770710282
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.98
€ 40.99
€ 28.98
Paperback. This compact, practical research manual that will help students, scholars, and general readers alike unlock the significance of the terminology, concepts, and historical movements of semiotics and related fields. Editor(s): Danesi, Marcel. Series: Toronto Studies in Semiotics & Communication. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802083296
- ISBN
- 9780802083296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.32
€ 44.99
€ 39.32
Paperback. Translation of Cours de linguistique generale. Translator(s): Harris, Roy. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472512055
- ISBN
- 9781472512055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.67
€ 31.99
€ 26.67
Hardback. Explores the strikingly similar ways in which information is encoded in nonverbal man-made signals and animal-evolved signals. This book also considers some coding principles for reducing certain unwanted redundancies and explains how desirable redundancies enhance communication reliability. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 line illustrations, 14 tables. BIC Classification: GTE; PSVP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027954
- ISBN
- 9780674027954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.37€ 55.27
€ 60.37
€ 55.27
Paperback. The subject of this anthology is non-verbal communication signals with contributing studies from societies and cultures of Africa and African Diaspora. The goals are to document popular gestures, explore their meanings, and understand how they frame interactions and colour perception. Editor(s): Agwuele, Augustine. Num Pages: 214 pages, 31 figures. BIC Classification: 1H; CFG; GTC; GTE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781791868
- ISBN
- 9781781791868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.57
€ 44.57