The idealised image of the Australian home: A myth in the making

As set against the prevailing social, cultural and architectural concept of the idealised house and sense of home, this thesis argues that there are inherent specific signifying mechanisms of the media which attempt to universalise and naturalise meanings and values for what the home represents. By...

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Main Author: Low, Irene Oi Ling
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1746
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description As set against the prevailing social, cultural and architectural concept of the idealised house and sense of home, this thesis argues that there are inherent specific signifying mechanisms of the media which attempt to universalise and naturalise meanings and values for what the home represents. By adopting the theoretical strategy of Roland Barthes’ Mythologies and employing a semiotic approach, this thesis challenges the idealised image of the Australian home in the context of architecture and media advertising.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-17462017-02-20T06:38:22Z The idealised image of the Australian home: A myth in the making Low, Irene Oi Ling As set against the prevailing social, cultural and architectural concept of the idealised house and sense of home, this thesis argues that there are inherent specific signifying mechanisms of the media which attempt to universalise and naturalise meanings and values for what the home represents. By adopting the theoretical strategy of Roland Barthes’ Mythologies and employing a semiotic approach, this thesis challenges the idealised image of the Australian home in the context of architecture and media advertising. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1746 en Curtin University fulltext
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title The idealised image of the Australian home: A myth in the making
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title_short The idealised image of the Australian home: A myth in the making
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