Mythologies
Author: Barthes, Roland
ISBN: 9780099529750
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 02 Nov 2009
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
Beautiful reissue of this unique classic collection, featuring a newly translated essay not included in previous collections
'Barthes' purpose is to tear away masks and demystify the signs, signals and symbols of the language of mass culture' The Times
In 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.
ISBN: 9780099529750
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 02 Nov 2009
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
Beautiful reissue of this unique classic collection, featuring a newly translated essay not included in previous collections
'Barthes' purpose is to tear away masks and demystify the signs, signals and symbols of the language of mass culture' The Times
In 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.
