Vehicles : cars, canoes, and other metaphors of moral ambivalence /
Metaphor, as an act of human fancy, combines ideas in improbable ways to sharpen meanings of life and experience. Theoretically, this arises from an association between a sign-for example, a cattle car-and its referent, the Holocaust. These "sign-vehicles" serve as modes of semiotic transp...
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; Oxford [England] :
Berghahn Books,
2014
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Metaphor, as an act of human fancy, combines ideas in improbable ways to sharpen meanings of life and experience. Theoretically, this arises from an association between a sign-for example, a cattle car-and its referent, the Holocaust. These "sign-vehicles" serve as modes of semiotic transportation through conceptual space. Likewise, on-the-ground vehicles can be rich metaphors for the moral imagination. Following on this insight, Vehicles presents a collection of ethnographic essays on the metaphoric significance of vehicles in different cultures. Analyses include canoes in Papua N |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781782383765 178238376X 1782383751 9781782383758 1785337513 9781785337512 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
