Western Cultural Symbols in Latin American and Chicano Literature an Historical and Semiotic Analysis.
This book explains the fundamentals of semiotic theory (the study of signs), and applies it to more than twenty works by a dozen Latin American and Mexican American authors. Using a post-modernist interpretation of signs, Breining makes the point that there exists a relationship of the privileged an...
| Основен автор: | Breining, Daniel. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Lewiston :
Edwin Mellen Press,
2010.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=501572 |
| Резюме: |
This book explains the fundamentals of semiotic theory (the study of signs), and applies it to more than twenty works by a dozen Latin American and Mexican American authors. Using a post-modernist interpretation of signs, Breining makes the point that there exists a relationship of the privileged and disenfranchised within Latin America and Chicano literature. Covering a span of more than five hundred years, from pre-Hispanic times to the late twentieth century, Breining demonstrates how the signs found with the literature of each period of Latin American history, define social interactions, c. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (296 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-267) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780773429468 0773429468 |