Different perspectives in mimicry system

pp. 69-82

in: Timo Maran, Mimicry and meaning, Berlin, Springer, 2017

Abstract

In the first half of this book, I have described the structure of mimicry, its diversity and typologies, given an overview of the semiotics of mimicry and analysed the relationship between mimicry and iconicity. In other words, I have analysed mimicry basically as a static structure or system with a shifting focus on its different aspects. In the present chapter, I will change the perspective and predominantly analyse dynamic issues: how mimicry as a structure operates as approached from the positions of the mimic, the model and the receiver, how they act to fit into the mimicry system, and what the different strategies are that they can use to cope with the other participants in mimicry.