The Signifying Self

A Psycho-Social Semiotic Analysis of People Watching
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-71279-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 78 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 155 g

Reihe: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Brill Research Perspectives in Popular Culture

The Signifying Self is a study in people watching. It uses semiotics, psychoanalytic theory and sociological perspectives to consider how people present themselves to the world and are assessed by those watching them. It deals with people’s physical attributes, such as their age, teeth, bodies and the brands of things they wear and use to suggest how those watching them make decisions about them.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berger, Arthur Asa

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Semiotik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Semiotik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Figures

1 Introduction

2 The Signifying Body

3 Material Culture

4 Coda

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Arthur Asa Berger is Professor Emeritus at San Francisco State University and the author of more than 100 articles and 90 books on semiotics, popular culture and everyday life.