Imaging in advertising :

Johnson, Fern L.

Imaging in advertising : verbal and visual codes of commerce / Fern L. Johnson. - New York : Routledge, 2008. - xv, 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-244) and index.

Advertising images and discourse -- Smoke and mirrors: circulating racial images in cigarette advertising -- Keeping race in place: multicultural visions and voices in teen advertising -- Different tropes for different folks: advertising and face-fixing -- Madison Avenue meets Silicon Valley: technology imprints on advertising -- From Barbie to BudTV: advertising in the fifth frame.

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Advertising--Social aspects.
Symbolism in advertising.
Culture.

HF5821 / .J64 2008

659.1 JOH