Marcel Danesi
is Professor of Semiotics and Anthropology at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is renowned for his work in several areas of semiotic study, including pop culture and metaphor. He has been a guest on several broadcast outlets, including National Public Radio. Among his major recent publications are
The History of the Kiss! :
The Birth of Popular Culture
(Palgrave, 2013);
Murder in Plain English
, with Michael Arntfield (2017); and
Of Cigarettes, High Heels, and Other Interesting Things:
An Introduction to Semiotics, 3rd edition
(Palgrave, 2018). His work has been featured in the
New York Times
,
Toronto Star
, and
Psychology Today
, among other print publications. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of
Semiotica
, the leading journal in semiotics.
