Barthes, Roland creator 1915-1980 creator author. Lavers, Annette Badmington, Neil Reynolds, Sian editor, translator. 1971- author of introduction, etc. translator. text bibliography enk London Vintage Books 2009 Revised Vintage edition. monographic eng

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xx, 187 pages ; 20 cm. "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." -- Roland Barthes ; selected and translated from the French by Annette Lavers ; with an introduction by Neil Badmington ; 'Astrology' translated by Siân Reynolds. "Selected and translated from the French Mythologies © Editions du Seuil, Paris 1957" --Title page verso. Previous Vintage edition published: 1993. This translation originally published in Great Britain: [London, England] : Jonathan Cape, ©1972. Includes bibliographical references (pages xiii-xiv). Popular culture Semiotics Myth 801.95 BAR 9780099529750 0099529750 090617 20260708111419.0