Cultural Icons

Informationen zum Autor Keyan G Tomaselli, David Scott Klappentext The authors analyze the way in which cultural icons--such as the Eiffel Tower or Nelson Mandela--are constructed and disseminated. Zusammenfassung The authors analyze the way in which cultural icons—such as the Eiffel Tower or Nelson Mandela—are constructed and disseminated. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Cultural Icons; 1: The Absent Signifier: The Morphing of Nelson Mandela; 2: The Little Mermaid; 3: The Eiffel Tower: Cultural Icon, Cultural Interface; 4: Edvard Munch’s The Scream as Cultural Icon; 5: The Holy Lance As Late Twentieth-Century Subcultural Icon; 6: The Semiotics of Cultural Icons: The Example of Britannia

Product details

• Authors: David (EDT)/ Tomaselli Scott
• Assisted by: David Scott (Editor), Keyan G Tomaselli (Editor), Keyan G. Tomaselli (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2008
• EAN: 9781598743661
• ISBN: 978-1-59874-366-1
• No. of pages: 172
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous