[HECOL360] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 23 pages long Study Guide!
29 Nov 2016
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How is the clothing code di erent from verbal (spoken/written) language. A given clothing statement often will involve the person who is interpreting the meaning to ll in the gaps. Something that stands for something other than itself. Signi er (physical, material word hat ) + signi ed (concept meaning, mental image of. Signs are part of a code - a system of signs. Each sign has meaning only in relation to the other words in the system: it means something in part because of what it is not. Some of the most powerful meanings are the terms of a binary opposition. Over time, in di erent cultural, social, historical contexts - the meaning of the same thing can shift slightly or dramatically. What assumptions does this entail about the composition of the community, society, etc. Woman and man both get woken, groomed, dressed by servants. Style of dress is very decorative and ornamental, almost excessive.
