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This Means This, This Means That: A User's Guide to Semiotics [Paperback]

Sean Hall
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October 4, 2007
Semiotics is the theory of signs. Signs are amazingly diverse: from simple road signs that point to a destination, to smoke that warns us of fire, to the culturally-conditioned symbols buried within art and literature. Our reading of signs is very much a part of everyday life. Yet semiotics is often perceived as a mysterious science. This introductory book decodes themystery of semiotics using visual examples instead of abstract theory.

Divided into 75 key semiotic concepts, each section of the book begins with a single image or sign, accompanied by a question that invites us to interpret what we are seeing. Turning the page, we can compare our response with the theory behind the sign. In this way, we actively engage in creative thinking. Read straight through or dipped into regularly, thisbook provides practical examples of how meaning is made in contemporary culture.



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About the Author

Sean Hall is Deputy Head of Department and Leader in Contextual Studies in the Department of Design at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He was formerly a lecturer in Philosophy at Balliol College, Oxford. As a practicing artist, he has exhibited at the V&A, the Royal Academy and the Whitechapel Gallery, all London.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Laurence King Publishers; First Edition edition (October 4, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1856695212
  • ISBN-13: 978-1856695213
  • Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 0.6 x 10.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #680,908 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Colorful & Insightful October 8, 2009
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Sean Hall did a good job of choosing images for the book's content. Every other page has a good quality image on it & I was very surprised at how well made this book is. The pages are thick and sturdy, with a nice finish. There are new vocab words to learn nearly every other page. It's full of useful information, especially for anyone writing about semiotics.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, intelligent and not alienated... June 22, 2008
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I live in a photographic world: teach photography in the main art school in my city, work as a photo curator since God knows when, etc. And I have seen with horror how semiotics have become, starting from being a sistem of analisis to be the object of study instead of what it was analyzing in the begining.
When that happens in photo, the ones first fascinated by the laws and the names -triad, Pearce- ended totally alienated incapable of producing just one single image... equivalent to blind, imagination and freedom totally out of the equation.
Yes I declare myself 'anti-semiotic'.And then I found this surprising book. It si fun to read, with just the exact level of semiotic a creative, a student of comunication or a young artist would want: how we represent and read, how the meaning is constructed.... but always keeping in mind that the important part is the message not is structure, what we see, not empty laws about the sign...
Really a must in the classroom, it is far from the semiotic dogma, and close to !creativity!!!!
Far form a text made of full academic notes, it is one page image and a question, the next the explanation and more examples, more image than any other thing.
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5.0 out of 5 stars very interesting book April 3, 2013
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themes, writing style, book quality is perfect. The writer is very clever man whos change our standart mind and teach us to thinking and looking many things from dialectic perspective.
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