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Women as a Creator of a Sign System

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Abstract: In this paper I will employ the theoretical framework of semiotics to analyse the functions and meanings of the traditional garments. Women as producers of a garment create a signifier and the relationship between the garment as a signifier and its signified can be arbitrary, which is similar to Saussure’s theory of arbitrary nature of the sign system of a language. Semiotics helps us understand the messages transmitted through our clothes. Semiotics will help us in explaining the relationship between material things and the values it had for the people.The separation of clothes for men and women can also be read as a code of our understanding of our sexuality and gender. We have to understand their respective societies to understand and to decipher the dress codes. The change in their garments also denotes a change in the structure of their society.The attires can be considered as a text that tells us something about the communities. If the garments are a text then the culture of these two communities can be considered as a discourse. Discourse here would mean the knowledge about their societies, their knowledge of the outside world and their awareness of their natural surroundings. This act of covering the face is also an act of making oneself invisible or not being present at the moment. It can thus be read as a sign of self denial of the ‘being’ of women. Such act also signifies a society where women are given a secondary role in the societal setting of the community. The act of covered faces creates a meaning of muzzling the voices of such women. Such attires act as a signifier of non-existence.

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Semiotics, Traditional clothes, codes, sexuality, culture.

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"Women as a Creator of a Sign System", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 6, page no.c358-c368, June-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2106323.pdf

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"Women as a Creator of a Sign System", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 6, page no. ppc358-c368, June-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2106323.pdf

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Published Paper ID: JETIR2106323
Registration ID: 309738
Published In: Volume 8 | Issue 6 | Year June-2021
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): http://doi.one/10.1729/Journal.29960
Page No: c358-c368
Country: New Delhi, Delhi, India .
Area: Arts
ISSN Number: 2349-5162
Publisher: IJ Publication


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