
On Signs
Marshall Blonsky(Editor)
Johns Hopkins University Press
Published on 26. September 1985
Book
Paperback/Softback
592 pages
978-0-8018-3007-5 (ISBN)
Description
Contributors include Roland Barthes, Michel de Certeau, Jacques Derrida, Edmundo Desnoes, Umberto Eco, Michel Foucault, Julia Kristeva, Jacques Lacan, Thomas A. Sebeok, and others.
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Blonsky has grouped numerous original and newly translated works by those who have been highly visible forces in semiotic circles... His book functions as a unified voice proclaiming the power of semiotics to reveal the hidden practices and secrets of modern society. Journal of CommunicationMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
884 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8018-3007-5 (9780801830075)
DOI
10.56021/9780801830068
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Marshall Blonsky
On Signs
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09/1985
Johns Hopkins University Press
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Person
Marshall Blonsky has been involved in the teaching of semiotics and in research into its repercussions on commercial and cultural life. He is on the faculty of the New School for Social Research in New York.
Content
Preface
Friends
Introduction. The Agony of Semiotics
Part I. Seeing Signs
Part II. Understanding the Meaning of Signs
Part III. Signs of Life
Endword. Americans on the Move
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
Index
Friends
Introduction. The Agony of Semiotics
Part I. Seeing Signs
Part II. Understanding the Meaning of Signs
Part III. Signs of Life
Endword. Americans on the Move
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
Index