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Of Cigarettes, High Heels, and Other Interesting Things

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Of Cigarettes, High Heels, and Other Interesting Things

By Marcel Danesi

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About the book

This book deals with one the most interesting aspects of human life-the search for meaning. It discusses how the science of semiotics is equipped to provide insight on what meaning is and how we produce it. Why is it that certain people routinely put their survival at risk by smoking? Why is it that some women make locomotion difficult for themselves by donning high-heel footwear? Are there unconscious forces at work behind such strange behaviors? This book will attempt to answer such questions ...Show more

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9781349953479

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Published year

2018

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1

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Of Cigarettes, High Heels, and Other Interesting Things

Format

Paperback

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