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Vocabularies of public life : empirical essays in symbolic structure / / edited by Robert Wuthnow



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Titolo: Vocabularies of public life : empirical essays in symbolic structure / / edited by Robert Wuthnow Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 p.)
Disciplina: 302.2
Soggetto topico: Communication - Social aspects
Symbolism in communication
Discourse analysis
Altri autori: WuthnowRobert  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Vocabularies of public life  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-134-90247-6
1-134-90248-4
1-280-32327-2
0-203-22204-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910821983503321
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