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The Empire of Signs
Semiotic essays on Japanese culture
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Like Roland Barthes' well-known book, L’Empire des signes, from which the title of the present collection is taken, this volume contains essays dealing with certain aspects of Japanese culture.
[Foundations of Semiotics, 8] 1991. xii, 333 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 18 March 2011
Published online on 18 March 2011
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Semiotics and CultureYoshihiko Ikegami | p. 1
- The Notion of the Sign in Japanese TraditionTomonori Toyama | p. 25
- Creative Interpretation of the Text and the Japanese MentalityMichiko Arima | p. 33
- Characters that Represent, Reflect, and Translate Culture in the Context of the Revolution in Modern ArtShutaro Mukai | p. 57
- The Images of Japanese Landscapes: A Typological ApproachTadahiko Higuchi | p. 85
- Semiosis in Architecture: A Systemic Analysis of the Traditional Towntextures in JapanTeruyuki Monnai | p. 101
- Intertextuality in Japanese Traditional MusicYoshihiko Tokumaru | p. 139
- The Forbidden Chamber Motif in a Japanese Fairy TaleHayao Kawai | p. 157
- Aspects of Japanese Nonverbal Behavior in Relation to Traditional CultureYasuko Tohyama | p. 181
- Cosmological Dimension of the Japanese TheaterMasao Yamaguchi | p. 219
- Literary Semiotics of Suburban HousesToshihiko Kawasaki | p. 241
- The Ghost Trio: Beckett, Yeats, and NohYasunori Takahashi | p. 257
- A Semiotic Approach to the Role of Paritta in the Buddhist RitualTamotsu Aoki | p. 269
- Do-language and Become-language: Two Contrasting Types of Linguistic RepresentationYoshihiko Ikegami | p. 285
- Index | pp. 327–333
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