Reality and discourse o Statement 1 Nothing meaningful exists outside of discourse TRUE o Statement 2 Nothing exists outside of discourse WRONG No material existing no material world no objects out there o You need discourse to make meaningful sense of a meaning o Example Ball Is it a football o Without language meaning could not be exchanged The Practice of Signification o The practices that produce meaning o SIGNIFYING PRACTICES practices involved in the production of meaning o The circulation of meaning is based on power Who has power Meaning and Absence o Linford Christie at the end of the Olympics o What is the meaning of this image He is British but black o He is not what one thinks of as the majority of British people One assumes that the British team is white o Absence means something The fact that he is black winning athlete and carrying the British flag has invoked what is not said but what is not said is as important as what is said
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