Analyzing Cultures: An Introduction and HandbookDesigned for classroom use in a number of disciplines, this comprehensive introduction to cultural semiotics is also an easy-to-use reference for those who would like a better understanding of the topic. No other text provides this kind of practical framework for the classroom study of semiotics. Each of the 12 chapters is clearly written and self-contained. |
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Page 192
... space into determinable points and calculable distances , aboriginal map - making is based instead on portraying the intercon- nectedness among the parts within the map space through a distortion of distance , angulation , and shape ...
... space into determinable points and calculable distances , aboriginal map - making is based instead on portraying the intercon- nectedness among the parts within the map space through a distortion of distance , angulation , and shape ...
Page 193
... space - P P2 P3 , ...- can be located accurately in real space with the technique of scaling . Now , assume that the unknown world is in the lower right quadrant . With this map , an explorer can literally chart h / er trip to that ...
... space - P P2 P3 , ...- can be located accurately in real space with the technique of scaling . Now , assume that the unknown world is in the lower right quadrant . With this map , an explorer can literally chart h / er trip to that ...
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... spaces ; i.e. as spaces in which sustenance and shelter can be procured . But in cultural contexts , the space appropriated by a tribe or society is felt ad- ditionally by its members to be a communal body . This is why societies are ...
... spaces ; i.e. as spaces in which sustenance and shelter can be procured . But in cultural contexts , the space appropriated by a tribe or society is felt ad- ditionally by its members to be a communal body . This is why societies are ...
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