In:The Semiotics of Fortune-telling
Edna Aphek and Yishai Tobin
[Foundations of Semiotics 22] 1990
► pp. vii–vii
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Published online: 1 January 1990
https://doi.org/10.1075/fos.22.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/fos.22.toc
Table of contents
Introduction1
Chapter 1: Fortune-Telling as a Semiotic System7
Chapter 2: The Language of Fortune-Telling37
Chapter 3: Image Building and Establishing Credibility65
Chapter 4: A Contrastive Analysis of Astrology and Horoscopes97
Chapter 5: The Visual and the Textual in Cartomancy125
Chapter 6: Fortune-Telling in Literature153
Concluding Remarks: Motivation, Imagination and Magic175
List of Tables and Figures183
References187
Index201
