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Structuralism - theory that uses culturally interconnected signs to reconstruct systems of relationships rather than studying isolated, material things in themselves. This method found wide use from the early 20th cent. in a variety of fields, especially linguistics, particularly as formulated by Ferdinand de Saussure. Anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss used structuralism to study the

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Structuralism and Semiotics » Read Now
by Terence Hawkes. 176 pgs.

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Published in 1977 as the first volume in the New Accents series, Structuralism and Semiotics made crucial debates in critical theory accessible to those with no prior knowledge of the field. Since then a generation of readers has used the book as an entry not only into structuralism and...
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Published in 1977 as the first volume in the New Accents series, Structuralism and Semiotics made crucial debates in critical theory accessible to those with no prior knowledge of the field. Since then a generation of readers has used the book as an entry not only into structuralism and semiotics, but into the wide range of cultural and critical theories underpinned by these approaches.It remains the clearest introduction to some of the most important topics in modern critical theory. A new afterword and fresh suggestions for further reading complete this new edition.
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Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers: From Structuralism to Postmodernity » Read Now
by John Lechte. 252 pgs.

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Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers surveys the most important figures who have influenced post-war thought. The reader is guided through structuralism, semiotics, post-Marxism and Annales history, on to modernity and postmodernity. With its comprehensive biographical and bibliographical information...
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Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers surveys the most important figures who have influenced post-war thought. The reader is guided through structuralism, semiotics, post-Marxism and Annales history, on to modernity and postmodernity. With its comprehensive biographical and bibliographical information, this book provides a vital reference work of the last fifty years.
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A Short History of Structural Linguistics (Chap. 8 "Structuralism in 2000") » Read Now
by Peter Matthews. 163 pgs.

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This book is a concise historical survey of structural linguistics, charting its development from the 1870s to the present day. Peter Matthews examines the beginnings of structuralism and analyzes the vital role played in it by the study of sound systems and the problems of how systems change. He...
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This book is a concise historical survey of structural linguistics, charting its development from the 1870s to the present day. Peter Matthews examines the beginnings of structuralism and analyzes the vital role played in it by the study of sound systems and the problems of how systems change. He discusses theories of the overall structure of a language, the "Chomskyan revolution" in the 1950s, and the structuralist theories of meaning. The book includes exposition, in particular, of the contributions of Saussure, Bloomfield and Chomsky.
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Structuralism versus Individualism: Part 1, Shadowboxing in the Dark, in Social Forces » Read Now
by Bruce H. Mayhew. 41 pgs.

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...Structuralism Versus Individualism: Part 1, Shadowboxing in the Dark * BRUCEH. MAYHEW...recent years, I have heard from one source and another that there are several...
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The Human Enterprise: A Critical Introduction to Anthropological Theory (Chap. 11 "The Paradigm of Structuralism") » Read Now
by James Lett. 178 pgs.

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...and presents a detailed analysis of cultural materialism, structuralism, and symbolic anthropology. The final section uses two...Cultural Materialism 89 11. The Paradigm of...
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Culture and Critique: An Introduction to the Critical Discourses of Cultural Studies (Chap. 6 "Formalist, Structuralist, and Semiotic Analyses of Culture") » Read Now
by Jere Paul Surber. 294 pgs.

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"From culture to critique, Kant to Gadamer, Marx to Bourdieu, this detailed & brilliantly argued account of the history, theory, & practice of cultural studies is the best introduction to the subject that we have." Eric Gould University of Denver "An excellent pathway through a diverse field.... The...
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"From culture to critique, Kant to Gadamer, Marx to Bourdieu, this detailed & brilliantly argued account of the history, theory, & practice of cultural studies is the best introduction to the subject that we have." Eric Gould University of Denver "An excellent pathway through a diverse field.... The special appeal of this book is to clarify the role of the critic, who is both immanent & transcendent, participant & objective observer alike.... It places current trends from Deconstruction Semiotics into Postmodernism & Poststructuralism in their historical & theoretical background, ranging from Hermeneutics to Marxism. In a truly Renaissance manner, Dr. Surber has incorporated the diverse trends in a loose, yet clear structure." Achim D. Koddermann SUNY at Oneonta
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Uses of "Structure" in Communication Studies » Read Now
by Richard L. Conville. 230 pgs.

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Conville has assembled a collection of essays that share a consideration of "structure" as it manifests itself in human communication. Personal stories, accounts of events, narratives, diaries, and unstructured interviews are ever more widely appreciated today as valid data for understanding human...
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Conville has assembled a collection of essays that share a consideration of "structure" as it manifests itself in human communication. Personal stories, accounts of events, narratives, diaries, and unstructured interviews are ever more widely appreciated today as valid data for understanding human cognition and human interaction. Some chapters present solutions to the problem of how to analyze such materials and how to conceptualize them as data. Other chapters argue for the inevitability of structure in communication study. Still other chapters demonstrate structure in human communication. What ties all of the chapters together is the idea that structure is ubiquitous in communication literature, even in the face of postmodern and poststructuralist critiques alleging the disappearance of structure, the fragmentation of culture, and the impossibility of communicating across boundaries. As the authors demonstrate, the concept of structure enters the scholarly conversation by way of such diverse and sometimes,unexpected vehicles as dialectical theory, relationship development, deconstruction, relational communication, and narrative theory.
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Claude Levi-Strauss: Social Psychotherapy and the Collective Unconscious ("Structuralism: The Death of Man?" begins on p. 99) » Read Now
by Thomas Shalvey. 182 pgs.

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...Dialectical Reason 96 Structuralism: The Death of Man? 99 ...realms; yet, since Levi- Straussian structuralism, at its core, is an epistemology and...praxis, to a theory of...
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Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word ("Structuralism" begins on p. 161) » Read Now
by Walter J. Ong. 204 pgs.

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Is it possible that changes in rhetorical practice could alter not just how thought is expressed, but also how it is made? Through a close stylistic and rhetorical analysis of contemporary feminist writing - from the cultural theory of Judith Butler to the popular journalism of Naomi Wolf and...
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Is it possible that changes in rhetorical practice could alter not just how thought is expressed, but also how it is made? Through a close stylistic and rhetorical analysis of contemporary feminist writing - from the cultural theory of Judith Butler to the popular journalism of Naomi Wolf and Germaine Greer - Lynne Pearce demonstrates how feminist thought is created as well as communicated through the frameworks in which it is presented. By linking rhetorical innovation with feminist epistemology in such a direct way, this is a book that will be of immense methodological as well as theoretical interest to readers, providing valuable insight into the often mysterious processes of conception and composition.
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Oral Traditions and the Verbal Arts: A Guide to Research Practices ("Structure and Structuralist Methods" begins on p. 165) » Read Now
by Ruth Finnegan. 284 pgs.

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Concepts in Film Theory ("Beyond the Limits of Structuralism" begins on p. 88) » Read Now
by Dudley Andrew. 242 pgs.

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...78 Beyond the Limits of Structuralism 88 6 Adaptation 96...mocking its predictable itinerary from structuralism to semiotics to ideological analysis...of narrative, the...
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Theories of Learning and Development for Academics and Educators, in Educational Psychologist » Read Now
by Sidney Strauss. 13 pgs.

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...are presented: nativism, behaviorism, structuralism, information processing, the naive...review are: nativism, behaviorism, structuralism, information processing, the...