Annotated Bibliography

Semiotics the Basics, by Daniel Chandler
As the title suggests, Chandler's book is perhaps the most accessible entry point for those wishing to understand semiotics beyond the surface.
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Signs, by Thomas Sebeok
An engaging and readable examination of semiotics through the lenses of bodily experience and abstract thought.
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Image-Music-Text, by Roland Barthes
A collection of some of Barthes's most influential essays on photography, sound, images and cinema. This books serves as a must-have introduction to his thought.
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This Means This, This Means That, by Sean Hall
This books provides meaningful and practical examples of how meaning is constructed in our contemporary culture. You can read straight through or jump into any section of the book without feeling lost.
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Handbook of Semiotics, by Winfried Noth
An incredible encyclopedia providing information of various facets of semiotic studies, research endeavors, semioticians, and applications.
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Charles S. Peirce, Philosophy of Signs, by Gerard Deledalle
A comprehensive journey through some of Peirce's most notable contributions to the field of semiotics.
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A Theory of Semiotics, by Umberto Eco
Essays on linguistics, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and aesthetics are addressed in this fascinating work.
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Course in General Linguistics, by Ferdinand de Saussure
A keystone in literary analysis that bridges the gap between linguistics and modern day semiotics.
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Sensing Corporeally, by Floyd Merrell
"In Sensing Corporeally, Floyd Merrell argues that human sensation and cognition should be thought of in terms of continually changing signs that can be accounted for in terms of topological forms."
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Ways of Seeing, by John Berger
A critical look into analyzing what we see and what we know.
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