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

Name: Of Cigarettes, High Heels, and Other Interesting Things, Second Edition An Introduction to Semiotics
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ISBN: 9780230605237

ISBN-10: 0230605230

ISBN-13: 9780230605237

Edition: 2nd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Marcel Danesi

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Why is it that certain members of the human species routinely put their survival at risk by smoking cigarettes? Why is it that some females make walking a struggle for themselves by donning high heel footwear? This book attempts to answer such questions. Such risky behaviors are obviously shaped by forces other than the instincts. Indeed, for no manifest genetic reason, humanity is constantly searching for a purpose to its existence; this search has led it to invent myths, art, rituals, languages, mathematics, science, and other truly remarkable things that set it apart from all other species. In this volume author Marcello Danesi shows us that the discipline that endeavors to understand…

Book details

List price: $54.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 8/8/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 235
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Marcel Danesi is Professor of Semiotics and Anthropology at the University of Toronto. He has authored and co-authored many books on learning Italian and Spanish, including Learn Italian the Fast and Fun Way (Barron's).



List of Figures


Preface to the Second Edition



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, Television, and Online Culture


Notes


Index