{"product_id":"wes-andersons-symbolic-storyworld-warren-buckland-9781501377327","title":"Wes Anderson's Symbolic Storyworld: A Semiotic Analysis","description":"\u003ci\u003eWes Anderson's Symbolic Storyworld\u003c\/i\u003epresents a theoretical investigation of whatmakes the films of Wes Anderson distinctive. Chapter by chapter, it relentlessly pulls apart each of Anderson's narratives to pursue the proposition that they all share the same deep underlying symbolic values - a common symbolic storyworld. Taking the polemical strategy of outlining and employing Claude L騅i-Strauss's distinguished (and notorious) work on myth and kinship to analyze eight of Anderson's films, Warren Buckland unearths the peculiar symbolic structure of each film, plus the circuits of exchange, tangible and intangible gift giving, and unusual kinship systems that govern the lives of Anderson's characters. He also provides an analysis of Wes Anderson's visual and aural style, identifying several distinctive traits of Anderson's mise en sc鈩e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Warren Buckland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501377329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501377327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d","brand":"Warren Buckland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987581075711,"sku":"9781501377327","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_88be1407-95c8-4591-a526-b352d7f365b7.jpg?v=1683289839","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wes-andersons-symbolic-storyworld-warren-buckland-9781501377327","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}