Bloomsbury Semiotics Volume 3: Semiotics in the Arts and Social Sciences

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Bloomsbury Semiotics offers a state-of-the-art overview of the entire field of semiotics from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives. With four volumes spanning theory, method and practice across the disciplines, this definitive reference work comprises:
Volume 1: History and Semiosis
Volume 2: Semiotics in the Natural and Technical Sciences
Volume 3: Semiotics in the Arts and Social Sciences
Volume 4: Semiotic Movements
Uniting fragmented disciplines under the framework of semiotic theory, this set emphasizes and strengthens common bonds shared across intellectual cultures, and facilitates the discovery and recovery of meaning across fields. Providing comprehensive overviews of the history and status of semiotic inquiry across a diverse range of traditions and disciplines, chapters are written by leading international experts. Together, they highlight key contemporary developments and debates before casting a vision for future research priorities, identifying unanswered questions and fresh openings for participation.
Providing the most comprehensive and united overview of the entire field for semioticians, Bloomsbury Semiotics enables anyone, from students to seasoned practitioners, to better understand and benefit from semiotic insight and how it relates to their own area of study or research.

Jamin Pelkey is Associate Professor and Program Director in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Ryerson University, Canada.
Susan Petrilli is Full Professor of Philosophy and Theory of Languages at the University of Bari, Italy.
Sophia Melanson Ricciardone is a PhD Candidate at York University, Canada.

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Introduction, Susan Petrilli and Sophia Melanson Ricciardone1. Semiotics in Philosophy and Critical Theory, Vincent Colapietro2. Semiotics in Anthropology and Ethnography, Sally Ness and Steve Coleman3. Semiotics in History and Archaeology, Marek Tamm and Robert Preucel4. Semiotics in Theology and Religious Studies, Massimo Leone5. Semiotics in Ethics and Caring, Susan Petrilli6. Semiotics in Sociology and Political Science, Risto Heiskala and Peeter Selg7. Semiotics in Learning and Education, Andrew Stables and Alin Olteanu8. Semiotics in Picture and Image Studies, Sara Lenninger and Göran Sonesson9. Semiotics in Film and Video Studies, Piero Polidoro and Adriano D’Aloia10. Semiotics in Music and Musicology, William Dougherty and Esti Sheinberg11. Semiotics in Performance and Dance, Nikoleta Popa Blanariu12. Semiotics in Rhetoric and Poetics, Per Aage Brandt and Todd Oakely13. Semiotics in Literature and Narratology, Stéphanie Walsh Matthews and Paul Perron14. Semiotics in Structural Linguistics, Anne-Gaëlle Toutain and Ekaterina VelmezovaIndex

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