The Semiotics of X : chiasmus, cognition and extreme body memory /

The X figure is ubiquitous in contemporary culture, but attempts to explain our fixation with X are rare. This book argues that the origins and meanings of X go far beyond alphabets and archetypes to remembered feelings of body movements - movements best typified in the performance of "spread-e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pelkey, Jamin R., 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2017]
Colección:Bloomsbury advances in semiotics.
Temas:
Semiotics > Social aspects.
Visual communication > Social aspects.
Nonverbal communication > Social aspects.
Signs and symbols > Social aspects.
Language and culture.
Anthropological linguistics.
Communication visuelle > Aspect social.
Communication non verbale > Aspect social.
Signes et symboles > Aspect social.
Langage et culture.
Ethnolinguistique.
anthropological linguistics.
Sociolinguistics.
Anthropology.
Semiotics > semiology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Paleo-gesture and the Vitruvian man
  • Spread-eagle in sports and torture
  • Spread-eagle brand marks
  • Through the hourglass
  • Semiotic squares and double-binds
  • Foot fingers and arm thighs
  • XXX: All alone in the solipsistic crowd
  • XOXOXO: Figure meets ground.

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