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
Barthes says, ââ¦âmyselfâ never coincides with my image; for it is the image which is heavy, motionless, stubborn (which is why society sustains it), and âmyselfâ which is light, divided, dispersed.â. The most interesting part of the book is Barthesâ framework for viewing photos through studium and punctum. Studium denotes the cultural, linguistic, and political interpretation of a photograph; punctum denotes the wounding, personally touching detail which establishes a direct relationship with the object or person within a photograph. âA photographâs punctum is that accident which pricks me (but also bruises me, is poignant to me),â Barthes posits. Most photos donât prick, though. They provoke only polite interest because they are invested with studium.