Some Cunts: Graffiti, Globalisation, Injurious Speech and 'Owning' Signification

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dc.contributor.authorCover, R.
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the way in which processes of signification in contemporary culture are governed by motifs of ownership--who has the 'right' to make the 'right' kind of signification, whose significatory powers can be considered to be dominant, and what sorts of ethical considerations can be applied to the granting of meaning and implication. By examining contemporary political graffiti, issues of globalisation and debates over the figurative term 'cunt', the article discusses the inefficacy of claims to significatory 'ownership' while making a case for contingent practices of 'fixing' signification for local political praxis.
dc.description.urihttp://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?content=10.1080/10350330216370
dc.identifier.citationSocial Semiotics, 2002; 12(3):169-190
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10350330216370
dc.identifier.issn1035-0330
dc.identifier.issn1470-1219
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/47344
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/10350330216370
dc.titleSome Cunts: Graffiti, Globalisation, Injurious Speech and 'Owning' Signification
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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