Vehicles

Metaphor, as an act of human fancy, combines ideas in improbable ways to sharpen meanings of life and experience. Theoretically, this arises from an association between a sign--for example, a cattle car--and its referent, the Holocaust. These "sign-vehicles" serve as modes of semiotic transportation through conceptual space. Likewise, on-the-ground vehicles can be rich metaphors for the moral imagination. Following on this insight, Vehicles presents a collection of ethnographic essays on the metaphoric significance of vehicles in different cultures. Analyses include canoes in Papua New Guinea,…

Compară ofertele (1)

Ofertele sunt ordonate după preț, de la cel mai mic. Linkurile către magazine pot fi afiliate; comisionul nu schimbă ordinea. Cum ordonăm rezultatele

Momentan o singură ofertă pentru acest produs — adăugăm magazine noi constant.