Decoding advertisements: Ideology and meaning in advertising

Williamson, Judith

Decoding advertisements: Ideology and meaning in advertising - London: Marion Boyars, 2010. - vi, 180p., bib., 22 cm X 18 cm - Ideas in progress .

Recommended by: Kallol Das

Content:

PART ONE
Introduction : ' Meaning and Ideology
' Advertising - Work '
Chapter One A Currency of Signs
a . Differentiation 24
b . The Finished Connection: An ' Objective Correlative ' 29 c. Product as Signified
d . Product as Signifier 35
e . Product as Generator
f . Product as Currency 38
Chapter Two Signs Address Somebody
a . Currency Requires a Subject to Make an Exchange
b . ' Totemism ': Subject as Signified 45
c . Appellation and Individualism:
Individuals Constituted as Subjects 50
d . Divisions
e . Advertising and the ' Mirror - Phase ' 60
f . The Created Self
Chapter Three Signs for Deciphering: Hermeneutics
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PART TWO
a . Absence
b . Language 84
c . Calligraphy 91
' Ideological Castles ': Referent Systems
Chapter Four ' Cooking ' Nature
a . ' The Raw and the Cooked ':
Representations of Transformation
b . Science 110
c . ' Cooked ' Sex: ' Civilisation and Its Discontents '
Chapter Five Back to Nature
a . ' The Natural ' 123
b . Surrealism
c . The Ideology of the Natural
Chapter Six Magic
a . Alchemy
b . Spells
c . The Genie in the Lamp and the World in the Bottle d. The Crystal Ball / Magic Circle
Chapter Seven Time: Narrative and History
a . Time Past: Memory
b . Time Future: Desire
c . History
Chapter Eight Conclusions


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