David Harris

A Society of Signs?

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A Society of Signs? is an introduction to current debates around the themes of culture, identity and lifestyle. Such debates often begin with the assertion that we live in a "society of signs." A Society of Signs? will help students of sociology, media and cultural studies to make sense of these often complicated arguments. It summarizes and critically discusses some basic approaches in social theory and cultural analysis; offers specific reading of some of the work of writers including Barthes and Giddens; reviews work in more traditional areas, for example, the sociology of identity and the embedding process found in social life; and gives advice on further reading.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 146mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9780415111287
• ISBN-10: 0415111285
• Artikelnr.: 22579825

Autorenporträt

David Harris is Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences at the College of St Mark and St John, Plymouth.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1. Sociological Perspectives and the Complexities of Modern Life
Chapter 2. The Politics of Cultural Autonomy Chapter
3. Discourse Theories and Critical Analysis Chapter
4. The Textual Metaphor in Barthes' 'New Semiology'
Chapter 5. Postmodernism
Anti-Foundationalism and the Aversion Against the Universal Chapter
6. Film and Video and 'Postmodernist Sensibility' Chapter
7. Personal Identities in Modernity Conclusion
Bibliography