Mythologies

Author(s)

• Barthes, Roland
• Lavers, Annette
• Badmington, Neil
• Reynolds, Siân

Bibliographic Information

Mythologies

Roland Barthes ; selected and translated from the French by Annette Lavers ; with an introduction by Neil Badmington ; 'Astrology' translated by Siân Reynolds

（Vintage classics）

Vintage, 2009

Rev. Vintage ed

• : pbk

Other Title

Mythologies

Uniform Title

Mythologies

Note

"First published in Great Britain in 1972 by Jonathan Cape"--t.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. xiii-xiv)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

'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.

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Details

• NCID: BB04414345
• ISBN:
  • 9780099529750
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 187 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 194
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Popular culture
  • LCSH : Semiotics
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12719588