ABSTRACT
Wars create their own dynamics, especially with regard to images and language. The semiotic and semantic codes are redefined, according to the need to create an enemy image, or in reference to the results of a war that are post-event defined as just or reasonable. The semiotic systems of wars are central to the discussion of the contributions within this volume, which highlight the interrelationship of semiotic systems and their constructions during wars in different periods of history.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|61 pages
War, semiotics, and the question of interpretation
chapter 2|19 pages
The Red Cross “Shield”
The semiotic duality of the Red Cross during the occupation of Norway, 1940–1945
part II|149 pages
War, semiotics, and identity constructions
chapter 4|27 pages
(Re-)Negotiating internment
Language, semiotics, and the German internment experience in the United States during the First World War
chapter 8|18 pages
Postage stamps, war memory, and commemoration
A case study of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971
part III|72 pages
War, semiotics, and politics
chapter 10|30 pages
“National decay and national resurrection”
The semiotics of quisling's conception of history
chapter 12|17 pages
Eastern Europe in the shadow of a propaganda war
Józef Mackiewicz and Totalitarian Propaganda
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part |22 pages
Epilogue
