Semiotics at the Circus

by Paul Bouissac

Book Overview

Semiotics is long on theoretical, often obscure discourses, but short on applications that demonstrate with clarity the applicability of its methods. This book confronts a challenging object, the circus, and endeavors to describe its performances in ways that explain how circus acts produce meaning and cause a deep emotional involvement for their audiences. The approach is not top-down, such as would be a method that would dogmatically apply a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110218291
• ISBN13: 9783110218299
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary