03017oam 2200637I 450 991082198350332120230207223203.01-134-90247-61-134-90248-41-280-32327-20-203-22204-010.4324/9780203222041 (CKB)111087027069742(EBL)169108(OCoLC)226372908(SSID)ssj0000268240(PQKBManifestationID)11218105(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268240(PQKBWorkID)10235338(PQKB)10390885(MiAaPQ)EBC169108(Au-PeEL)EBL169108(CaPaEBR)ebr10060899(CaONFJC)MIL32327(OCoLC)252782139(EXLCZ)9911108702706974220180706d1992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVocabularies of public life empirical essays in symbolic structure /edited by Robert WuthnowLondon ;New York :Routledge,1992.1 online resource (279 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-07636-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 symbolsThe 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 changeExamines the symbolic structure of such important contemporary manifestations of culture as religious discourse, scientific texts, popular music, symbols, art, dance, law and public policyCommunicationSocial aspectsSymbolism in communicationDiscourse analysisCommunicationSocial aspects.Symbolism in communication.Discourse analysis.302.2Wuthnow Robert882687MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821983503321Vocabularies of public life4005785UNINA