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
The punctum is a 'detail', which punctuates the studium and disturbs it. Barthes writes, 'It is this element which rises front the scene, shoots out of it like an arrow, and pierces me. (Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida, pp. 27) The punctum is grounded by the experience of the viewer.