The Empire of signs : semiotic essays on Japanese culture /
The Empire of signs : semiotic essays on Japanese culture /
edited by Yoshihiko Ikegami.
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1991.
- 1 online resource (xi, 333 pages) : illustrations
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- Foundations of semiotics ; v. 8 .
- Foundations of semiotics ; v. 8. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : semiotics and culture / Yoshihiko Ikegami -- The notion of the sign in Japanese tradition / Tomonori Toyama -- Creative interpretation of the text and the Japanese mentality / Michiko Arima -- Characters that represent, reflect, and translate culture : in the context of the revolution in modern art / Shutaro Mukai -- The images of Japanese landscapes : a typological approach / Tadahiko Higuchi -- Semiosis in architecture : a systemic analysis of the traditional towntextures in Japan / Teruyuki Monnai -- Intertextuality in Japanese traditional music / Yoshihiko Tokumaru -- The "forbidden chamber" motif in a Japanese fairy tale / Hayao Kawai -- Aspects of Japanese nonverbal behavior in relation to traditional culture / Yasuko Tohyama -- Cosmological dimension of the Japanese theater / Masao Yamaguchi -- Literary semiotics of suburban houses / Toshihiko Kawasaki. The ghost trio : Beckett, Yeats, and Noh / Yasunari Takahashi -- A semiotic approach to the role of Paritta in the Buddhist ritual / Tamotsu Aoki -- 'Do-language' and 'become-language' : two contrasting types of linguistic representation / Yoshihiko Ikegami.
Like Roland Barthes' well-known book, L'Empire des signes, from which the title of the present collection is taken, this volume contains essays dealing with certain aspects of Japanese culture.
English.
9789027285935 (electronic bk.) 9027285934 (electronic bk.) 1283047217 9781283047210 9786613047212 661304721X
Culture--Semiotic models.
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
Culture--Modèles sémiotiques.
culture note.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Civilization.
Culture--Semiotic models.
Kultursemiotik
Semiotiek.
Sémiotique et culture.
Culture--Modèles sémiotiques.
Japan--Civilization.
Japon.
Japon--Civilisation.
Japan.
Japan
Japon--Civilisation.
Electronic books.
DS821 / .E54 1991eb
306/.0952
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : semiotics and culture / Yoshihiko Ikegami -- The notion of the sign in Japanese tradition / Tomonori Toyama -- Creative interpretation of the text and the Japanese mentality / Michiko Arima -- Characters that represent, reflect, and translate culture : in the context of the revolution in modern art / Shutaro Mukai -- The images of Japanese landscapes : a typological approach / Tadahiko Higuchi -- Semiosis in architecture : a systemic analysis of the traditional towntextures in Japan / Teruyuki Monnai -- Intertextuality in Japanese traditional music / Yoshihiko Tokumaru -- The "forbidden chamber" motif in a Japanese fairy tale / Hayao Kawai -- Aspects of Japanese nonverbal behavior in relation to traditional culture / Yasuko Tohyama -- Cosmological dimension of the Japanese theater / Masao Yamaguchi -- Literary semiotics of suburban houses / Toshihiko Kawasaki. The ghost trio : Beckett, Yeats, and Noh / Yasunari Takahashi -- A semiotic approach to the role of Paritta in the Buddhist ritual / Tamotsu Aoki -- 'Do-language' and 'become-language' : two contrasting types of linguistic representation / Yoshihiko Ikegami.
Like Roland Barthes' well-known book, L'Empire des signes, from which the title of the present collection is taken, this volume contains essays dealing with certain aspects of Japanese culture.
English.
9789027285935 (electronic bk.) 9027285934 (electronic bk.) 1283047217 9781283047210 9786613047212 661304721X
Culture--Semiotic models.
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
Culture--Modèles sémiotiques.
culture note.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Civilization.
Culture--Semiotic models.
Kultursemiotik
Semiotiek.
Sémiotique et culture.
Culture--Modèles sémiotiques.
Japan--Civilization.
Japon.
Japon--Civilisation.
Japan.
Japan
Japon--Civilisation.
Electronic books.
DS821 / .E54 1991eb
306/.0952