Interpretive Sociology and the Semiotic Imagination by J.I. B... - 9781529211757

Name: Interpretive Sociology and the Semiotic Imagination by J.I. B... - 9781529211757
Brand: Bristol University Press

Bristol University Press

Interpretive Sociology and the Semiotic ImaginationAuthor(s): J.I. Bakker, Wayne Brekhus, Todd Madigan, Paul McLean, Rein Raud, Eunkyung Song, Elizabeth Wissinger, Andrea Cossu, Jorge Fontdevila\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bristol University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bristol University Press\nISBN-13: 9781529211757, 978-1529211757\nSynopsis\nSemiotics provides key analytical tools to understand the creation and reproduction of meaning in social life. Although some fields have productively incorporated semiotic models, sociology still needs to engage with semiotic mediation. \n\nWritten by a diverse group of authors in interpretive sociology, this ambitious volume asks what the relationship between meaning systems and action is, how we can describe culture and which roles we assign to language, social processes and cognition in a sociological context. Contributors offer empirical research that not only outlines the conceptual issues at stake, but also demonstrates ??how to do.