The image of a pipe painted by Margritte and titled, “this is not a pipe,” is important to cultural studies because it calls into question the process of signification. Some cultural studies theorists study the relationship between a visual image and its connotation; the connection between sign and signifier. Saussure asked a similar question, “why does table mean table?” They initiated the study of semiotics: the separation of signifier and signified.
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