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The Empire of signs : semiotic essays on Japanese culture /

Like Roland Barthes' well-known book, L'Empire des signes, from which the title of the present collection is taken, this volume contains essays dealing with certain aspects of Japanese culture.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ikegami, Yoshihiko, 1934-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1991.
Colección:Foundations of semiotics ; v. 8.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : semiotics and culture / Yoshihiko Ikegami
  • The notion of the sign in Japanese tradition / Tomonori Toyama
  • Creative interpretation of the text and the Japanese mentality / Michiko Arima
  • Characters that represent, reflect, and translate culture : in the context of the revolution in modern art / Shutaro Mukai
  • The images of Japanese landscapes : a typological approach / Tadahiko Higuchi
  • Semiosis in architecture : a systemic analysis of the traditional towntextures in Japan / Teruyuki Monnai
  • Intertextuality in Japanese traditional music / Yoshihiko Tokumaru
  • The "forbidden chamber" motif in a Japanese fairy tale / Hayao Kawai
  • Aspects of Japanese nonverbal behavior in relation to traditional culture / Yasuko Tohyama
  • Cosmological dimension of the Japanese theater / Masao Yamaguchi
  • Literary semiotics of suburban houses / Toshihiko Kawasaki.
  • The ghost trio : Beckett, Yeats, and Noh / Yasunari Takahashi
  • A semiotic approach to the role of Paritta in the Buddhist ritual / Tamotsu Aoki
  • 'Do-language' and 'become-language' : two contrasting types of linguistic representation / Yoshihiko Ikegami.