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Of Cigarettes, High Heels, and Other Interesting Things: An Introduction to Semiotics Marcel Danesi 2nd ed. 2008 edition
Of Cigarettes, High Heels, and Other Interesting Things: An Introduction to Semiotics
Marcel Danesi
Why do people routinely risk their health by smoking cigarettes? Why do some females make walking a struggle by donning high heels? In a fully updated edition, the author attempts to answer such questions by explaining the discipline that endeavors to understand the human meaning quest: semiotics.
248 pages, Illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 8, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780230605237 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 235 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 209 × 12 mm · 288 g |
| Language | English |
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