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UNINA9910821983503321 |
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Titolo |
Vocabularies of public life : empirical essays in symbolic structure / / edited by Robert Wuthnow |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-90247-6 |
1-134-90248-4 |
1-280-32327-2 |
0-203-22204-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (279 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Communication - Social aspects |
Symbolism in communication |
Discourse analysis |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors page; Introduction: New directions in the empirical study of cultural codes; The restriction of meaning in religious discourse: centripetal devices in a fundamentalist Christian sermon; The gospel of giving: the narrative construction of a sacrificial economy; When scientists saw ghosts and why they stopped: American spiritualism in history; Reading science as text; Paradox in the discourse of science; Putting it together: measuring the syntax of aural and visual symbols |
The musical structure and social context of number one songs, 1955 to 1988: an exploratory analysisA theory of pictorial discourse; Decoding the syntax of modern dance; Metaphors of industrial rationality: the social construction of electronics policy in the United States and France; The parameters of possible constitutional interpretation; The role of elites in setting agendas for public debate: a historical case; Materialism, ideology, and political change |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Examines the symbolic structure of such important contemporary manifestations of culture as religious discourse, scientific texts, popular music, symbols, art, dance, law and public policy |
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