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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: Series: Vintage classics (London, England)Publication details: London : Vintage Books, 2009.Edition: Revised Vintage editionDescription: xx, 187 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780099529750
  • 0099529750
Uniform titles:
  • Mythologies.
  • English.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 801.95 23 BAR
Summary: "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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"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).

"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." --