Everyday Rituals in Contemporary Settings (Paperback)

Paperback. A boutique, a cruise ship, a museum and a hotel all have something in common. But what? They are all places of consumptionnot just in the narrow economic sense, but also as part of a broader cultural, emotional, and symbolic phenomenon.Drawing on a semiotic approach, this book explores how designed environments from foodscapes to memorials convey meanings and guide everyday rituals, helping us to understand how space works as a language that structures practices, communicates values, and expresses identities.If you're curious about how places work, why they affect us, and what they say, this book gives you the tools to decode them. This book offers a semiotic approach to contemporary sites of consumptionsuch as shops, museums, restaurants, and tourist spacesrevealing how spatial design and everyday practices intersect to produce meaning, identity, and cultural value. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…