RLG211H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Clifford Geertz, Stereotype, Big Joe Mufferaw
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Essay should talk about: semiotics, how do signs come to mean things (moving images as signs, the de nition or representation of relation in general (william james & co. , the representation of particular religions (ie hinduism) Religion is a system of symbols (aka signs) Semitoic analysis of how any single sign works. Ie: baby krishna has blue skin, he"s cute, looks like he just stole butter, thats how the sign works to create meaning > semiotic analysis aka how this sign works. Discrisive analysis will relate the sign to a bigger picture. Ie how would we write this image of krishna into a bigger picture. Documentary lms seek to educate the public about religion but there are problems when that happens (there are only so many things u can include in 50 minutes) Sign is not the referent any image in the documentary is the sign - nothing is the referent.
