Essays about: "cultural semiotics"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 62 essays containing the words cultural semiotics.

  1. 16. Understanding Locke & Key: A Semiotic and Intertextual study of the Collective Unconscious and some of its Archetypes in Locke & Key

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Henrik Rogowski; [2020]
    Keywords : Comic books; Horror; Intertextuality; Julia Kristeva; Psychoanalysis; Carl Jung; Collective unconsciousness; Archetypes; Roland Barthes; Semiotics; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis’ focus will be on the comic book series Locke & Key in a semiotic and an intertextual reading through a psychoanalytical framework. The comic series is described as a “psychological horror” and a main theme running across the six volumes is good versus evil, and a lot of the narrative is helped by magical keys. READ MORE

  3. 17. Constructing 'the Other': A Study of Cultural Representation in English Language Textbooks

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Johanna Ivanoff; Amanda Andersson; [2020]
    Keywords : English Language Textbooks; ELT; cultural representation; Critical Discourse Analysis; CDA; Visual Semiotics; Circles of World Englishes; the hidden curriculum; hegemonic discourses; imagined communities; Orientalism; the Other ;

    Abstract : Educational textbooks have the power to influence pupils’ perception of the world. In the subject of English, this specifically concerns learning about cultures in different parts of the world where English is used. READ MORE

  4. 18. Idolizing Consumption: An Exploration of the K-pop Albums’ Relevance in a Digital Age

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Wibecka Oliver; [2020]
    Keywords : K-pop; Album; CDs; collectability; merchandising; artist; consumer; semiotics; authenticity; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis looks into the rise of the K-pop album, examining how physical CDs retain relevance in a digital age. Concepts of collectability, authenticity and the gaze are explored in relation to these unique products. READ MORE

  5. 19. Taste for exclusivity. – A visual image analysis on the representation of social class and taste.

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : KATHARINA EVELINE STUMP; [2020]
    Keywords : Visual Communication; Socioeconomic status; Culture; Taste; Image Analysis; Luxury Fashion Branding; Wim Wenders; Jil Sander;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to create a deeper understanding on how brands today arepart of culture, creating meaning and effects, persuading customers through hidden messages and cultural communication codes. The starting point for my studies has been a European approach, with a German brand as empirical material. READ MORE

  6. 20. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Chinese Political Cartoons and the Visualization of Politics

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Na Sha (Sana); [2020]
    Keywords : Political cartoons; Satirical cartoons; China; Cartoonists; Metaphors; Semiotics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The main purpose of this was to examine the current Chinese satirical/political cartoons by studying anti-corruption cartoons. Also, to answer the question from an online discussion about “whether there are satirical cartoons (讽刺漫画) in China today”. The study follows the concept of political cartoons as a medium of politics and society. READ MORE