Name: Mythologies (Vintage Classics)
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Author: Roland Barthes
ISBN: 9780099529750

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Physical Book

Author

Roland Barthes

Publisher

Vintage Classics

Year

2009

Language

English

Pages

208

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780099529750

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Mythologies (Vintage Classics)

Roland Barthes (Author) · Vintage Classics · Paperback

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Synopsis "Mythologies (Vintage Classics) "

'Barthes' purpose is to tear away masks and demystify the signs, signals and symbols of the language of mass culture' The TimesIn this magnificent and often surprising collection of essays Barthes explores the myths of mass culture. Taking subjects as diverse as wrestling, films, plastic and cars, Barthes elegantly deciphers the symbols and signs embedded deep in familiar aspects of modern life, unmasking the hidden ideologies and meanings which implicitly affect our thought and behaviour. This early classic of semiotics from one of France's greatest thinkers may irrevocably change the way you view the world around you.

Roland Barthes

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(1915-1980) He was one of the most important intellectual figures to emerge in post-war France, and his writings are still, to this day, the subject of study and discussion. This French critic and essayist developed much of his work in an ambiguous space between linguistics and literature. Among his books, his semiological studies on the image gained great recognition. In 1977, he was appointed to the chair of Literary Semiology at the Collège de France, which was specially created for him on the advice of Michel Foucault. Barthes defined himself as "an uncertain subject": too literary for linguists, too linguist for literary critics. Perhaps it is this trait that has made him one of the most influential thinkers and theorists in his field.

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