The Semiotics of Love (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)


The Semiotics of Love brings together work on early symbolism, literary practices, and contemporary communication on the theme of romance and the idea of love to forge an understanding of the semiotic-cultural side of romance. Moving beyond psychological and neuroscientific scholarly analyses of love, Marcel Danesi works to interrogate the cultural constructions of love across societies. This book analyzes romantic love from the general perspective of semiotics-that is, from its more generic interpretive angle, rather than its more technical one. The specific analytical lens used is based on the notion that we convert our feeling structures into sign structures (words, symbols) and sign-based constructions (texts, rituals, etc.), which then allow us to reflect upon something cognitively, rather than just experience it physically and emotionally.

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The Semiotics of Love brings together work on early symbolism, literary practices, and contemporary communication on the theme of romance and the idea of love to forge an understanding of the semiotic-cultural side of romance. Moving beyond psychological and neuroscientific scholarly analyses of love, Marcel Danesi works to interrogate the cultural constructions of love across societies. This book analyzes romantic love from the general perspective of semiotics-that is, from its more generic interpretive angle, rather than its more technical one. The specific analytical lens used is based on the notion that we convert our feeling structures into sign structures (words, symbols) and sign-based constructions (texts, rituals, etc.), which then allow us to reflect upon something cognitively, rather than just experience it physically and emotionally.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Country of origin

Switzerland

Series

Semiotics and Popular Culture

Release date

September 2019

Availability

Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days

First published

2019

Authors

Dimensions

235 x 155 x 11mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

178

Edition

1st ed. 2019

ISBN-13

978-3-03-018110-9

Barcode

9783030181109

Categories

LSN

3-03-018110-3



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