Vehicles : cars, canoes, and other metaphors of moral ambivalence /

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Metaphor, as an act of human fancy, combines ideas in improbable ways to sharpen meanings of life and experience. Theoretically, this arises from an association between a sign-for example, a cattle car-and its referent, the Holocaust. These "sign-vehicles" serve as modes of semiotic transp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lipset, David, 1951- (Editor ), Handler, Richard, 1950- (Editor ), Auslander, Mark (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York ; Oxford [England] : Berghahn Books, 2014.
Temas:
Vehicles > Social aspects > Case studies.
Transportation > Social aspects > Case studies.
Material culture > Case studies.
Véhicules > Aspect social > Études de cas.
Transport > Aspect social > Études de cas.
Culture matérielle > Études de cas.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
Material culture.
Transportation > Social aspects.
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Metaphor, as an act of human fancy, combines ideas in improbable ways to sharpen meanings of life and experience. Theoretically, this arises from an association between a sign-for example, a cattle car-and its referent, the Holocaust. These "sign-vehicles" serve as modes of semiotic transportation through conceptual space. Likewise, on-the-ground vehicles can be rich metaphors for the moral imagination. Following on this insight, Vehicles presents a collection of ethnographic essays on the metaphoric significance of vehicles in different cultures. Analyses include canoes in Papua N
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations, photographs
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781782383765
178238376X
1782383751
9781782383758
1785337513
9781785337512

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