Published April 1, 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

The Return of the Windigo, Again

Description

This article continues the discussion of "And Some Guys Dream Bad Things" in this issue, an unreconstructed structural reading of the Algonquian windigo. Here, I take the occasion to reflect on what a specifically Peirce-inspired semiotic readings of windigo might consist of. A survivor of psychological anthropology ("culture bound syndromes"), functionalism, structuralism, cultural materialism, and even political economy, the windigo has yet to experience semiotic. I briefly introduce the two here, gesturing wildly in brief transit at a few among many possible sites of connection.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.71743/k3dsf123
Other
oai:uchicago.tind.io:16490

UChicago Information

Division(s)
Social Sciences Division
Department(s)
Monsters