With this book, Barthes offers a broad-ranging meditation on the culture, society, art, literature, language, and iconography--in short, both the sign-oriented realities and fantasies--of Japan itself. Roland Barthes was born in 1915 and studied French literature and the classics at the University of Paris. After teaching French at universities in Romania and Egypt, he joined t...(展开全部)

How are peoples' ideas about languages, ways of speaking and expressive styles shaped by their social positions and values? How is difference, in language and in social life, made - and unmade? How and why are some differences persuasive as the basis for action, while other differences are ignored or erased? Written by two recognised authorities on language and culture, this bo...(展开全部)

How are peoples' ideas about languages, ways of speaking and expressive styles shaped by their social positions and values? How is difference, in language and in social life, made - and unmade? How and why are some differences persuasive as the basis for action, while other differences are ignored or erased? Written by two recognised authorities on language and culture, this bo...(展开全部)

This is a novel account of social change that supplants conventional understandings of 'society' and presents a sociology that takes as its main unit of analysis flows through time and across space. Developing a comparative analysis of the UK and US, the new Germany and Japan, Lash and Urry show how restructuration after organized capitalism has its basis in increasingly reflex...(展开全部)

米兰达•布鲁斯－米特福德 毕业于英国伦敦大学亚非学院，主修社会人类学。之后又获得东方宗教研究文学硕士。她曾协助编写朗曼公司出版的《世界少数民族名录》、《葛洛夫艺术百科》，《劳伦斯神话大百科》。她曾多次在索斯比拍卖会、伦敦大学亚非学院、英国博物馆等地举行学术演讲，同时还被邀请为东南亚艺术之旅的主讲嘉宾。 菲利普威尔金森 曾在历史、宗教、神话及艺术等领域撰写过五十多种图书，其中包括《宗教辞典》、《神话辞典》、《亲历：神话》、《亲历：宗教》以及《世界庆典仪式与习俗》等书。

This new exciting book includes more than 170 previously unseen ‘ghost signs’ that have been fortunately captured by photography over t he past six to seven years through the cracks of the rapid urban regeneration in Shanghai. It is produced by The Type and three local photographers who have been tracking the ghost signs throughout Shanghai — Colleague Dong, Jiayu Shi and Jianw...(展开全部)

This new exciting book includes more than 170 previously unseen ‘ghost signs’ that have been fortunately captured by photography over t he past six to seven years through the cracks of the rapid urban regeneration in Shanghai. It is produced by The Type and three local photographers who have been tracking the ghost signs throughout Shanghai — Colleague Dong, Jiayu Shi and Jianw...(展开全部)

Unique showcase exploring the use of signs and symbols for visual communication across design disciplines The latest in the highly collectable Communicating with Pattern series, Signs and Symbols showcases stunning examples of designs that incorporate all manner of signs, symbols, and glyphs, explaining how they can be used in contemporary design to communicate a variety of mes...(展开全部)