The Fashion System
Author: Barthes, Roland
ISBN: 9780099528333
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 04 Nov 2010
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
The great linguist and sociologist turns his attention to the world of fashion
Fashion never ceases to interest psychologists, aestheticians and sociologists. Roland Barthes, however, examined fashion from a new point of view. Using descriptions from magazines, he uncovered a system of meaning and subjected it for the first time to semantic analysis. The Fashion System, published in France in 1967, is bold and imaginative. In his endeavour to confine his love, outrage and passion for fashion to a system, Barthes created a work of literature that is witty, humane, personal and enormously stimulating
ISBN: 9780099528333
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 04 Nov 2010
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
The great linguist and sociologist turns his attention to the world of fashion
Fashion never ceases to interest psychologists, aestheticians and sociologists. Roland Barthes, however, examined fashion from a new point of view. Using descriptions from magazines, he uncovered a system of meaning and subjected it for the first time to semantic analysis. The Fashion System, published in France in 1967, is bold and imaginative. In his endeavour to confine his love, outrage and passion for fashion to a system, Barthes created a work of literature that is witty, humane, personal and enormously stimulating
