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Tables of Contents for Postmodern Semiotics
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
Part I Theoretical Considerations
1
78
Semiotics, Socio-Semiotics and Postmodernism: From Idealist to Materialist Theories of the Sign
3
31
The System of Objects and the Commodification of Everyday Life: The Early Work of Baudrillard
34
20
The Substance of the Expression: The Role of Material Culture in Symbolic Interaction
54
25
Part II The Substance of the Expression: Case Studies
79
84
Recapturing the Center: A Socio-Semiotic Analysis of Shopping Malls
81
18
Disnelyand: A Utopian Urban Space
99
20
Postmodern Architecture and the City
119
19
The Political Economy of Postmodernism: The Signs of Growth
138
25
Part III Cultural Studies and Socio-Semiotic
163
92
Hegemony and Mass Culture: A Socio-Semiotics Approach
165
27
Group Differentiation in a Metropolitan High School: The Influence of Race, Class, Gender, and Culture
192
17
Unisex Fashions and Gender Role Change
209
24
Recovering Lost Signifieds: Cultural Criticism in a Postmodern World
233
22
Index
255