The Hamitic Race by somalia5: 1:28pm On May 02, 2013. 1  In the 19th century, as an application of scientific racism, Europeans classified the Hamitic race as a sub-group of the Caucasian race, alongside the Semitic race, grouping the non-Semitic populations native to North Africa, the Horn of Africa and South Arabia, including the Ancient Egyptians.
Semiotics definition, the study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behavior; the analysis of systems of communication, as language, gestures, or clothing. See more. Dictionary.com
What did Barthes mean by semiotics? How useful is his account for social theory and for accounts of ideology? Paulo Emanuel Novais GuimarÃ£es The French literary critic and semiotician Roland Barthes (1915-1980) was a major cultural theorist of the 20th century that prolifically contributed to the development of modern critical thought.