Signs of Life in the USA Readings on Popular Culture for Writers

Name: Signs of Life in the USA Readings on Popular Culture for Writers
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ISBN: 9780312431334

ISBN-10: 0312431333

ISBN-13: 9780312431334

Edition: 5th 2006

Authors: Sonia Maasik, Jack Solomon

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The best-selling composition reader on popular culture," Signs of Life in the USA" has been adopted at more than 700 colleges and universities since its first edition. Unlike other popular culture readers, "Signs of Life" presumes that this topic merits rigorous analysis and so provides a conceptual framework for understanding it: semiotics, a field of critical theory developed specifically for the interpretation of culture and its signs. The selections in "Signs of Life" are arranged in provocative chapters (on such themes as gender codes, television and music, film, and advertising) that tap into students' own experiences with and interest in popular culture. The uniquely qualified…

Book details

Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 12/16/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 750
Size: 6.25" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English