Paul Bouissac
The Encyclopedia of Semiotics is a comprehensive reference guide to concepts in semiotics, sign theory, and cultural studies. Three hundred entries by leading scholars in a variety of fields—from anthropology and literary theory to linguistics and philosophy—survey the study of signs and symbols in human culture. These articles cover key concepts, theories, theorists, schools of thought, and issues in communications, cognition, and cultural theory. From introductions to Barthes and Bakhtin to analyses of gossip and myth, this is a valuable reference for students, scholars, or anyone interested in language, symbols, and the transmission of information. Clear, well-written entries make the scholarship accessible to both experts and nonspecialists, and the text is complimented by twenty color illustrations.
Paul Bouissac is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto (Victoria College), where he taught in the Department of French. His published works include
Circus and Culture: A Semiotic Approach (Indiana University Press, 1976), as well as articles both in French and in English concerning the ethnosemiotics of performance (particularly the circus), the semiotics of gestures, and the interpretation of Paleolithic art.
e-reference edition ISBN: 9780195341102
Print edition ISBN: 9780195120905
Print edition publication date:
1998
Publishing history: First published 1998
Copyright: © Oxford University Press 1998
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