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"As the launcher of the whole science of ""semiotics"" - the study of the meanings latent in the signs and objects we come across dally in the modem media-saturated worid - this book attempts to demystify the roies and values inherent in such diverse commonplace items as wrestling, Citroen DS, steak and chips. Greta Garbo's face and household detorgents via a series of essays. The essays themselves became cultural icons, and the book became a cult object It is now studled on many courses in hogher education as an emblematic text of post-war..."
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Mythologies, Roland Barthes
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- Released
- 1973
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- Title
- Mythologies
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Roland Barthes
- Publisher
- Fontana Press
- Released
- 1973
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 158
- ISBN10
- 058608164X
- ISBN13
- 9780586081648
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, True Stories, Philosophical Topics, France, Opinion Journalism & Essays, 20th century, Sociology, Mythology, Media and Media Communication, Ideology, Semiotics
- First published
- 1957
- Original title
- Mythologies
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
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- "As the launcher of the whole science of ""semiotics"" - the study of the meanings latent in the signs and objects we come across dally in the modem media-saturated worid - this book attempts to demystify the roies and values inherent in such diverse commonplace items as wrestling, Citroen DS, steak and chips. Greta Garbo's face and household detorgents via a series of essays. The essays themselves became cultural icons, and the book became a cult object It is now studled on many courses in hogher education as an emblematic text of post-war..."