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Author Barthes, Roland.

Title Mythologies / Roland Barthes ; selected and translated from the French by Annette Lavers
Published New York : Noonday Press, 1972
New York : Hill and Wang, 1972

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Description 158 pages ; 21 cm
Contents The world of wrestling -- The Romans in films -- The writer on holiday -- The "blue blood" cruise -- Blind and dumb criticism -- Soap-powders and detergents -- The poor and the proletariat -- Operation margarine -- Dominici, or the triumph of literature -- The iconography of the Abbé Pierre -- Novels and children -- Toys -- The face of Garbo -- Wine and milk -- Steak and chips -- The Nautilus and the drunken boat -- The brain of Einstein -- The jet-man -- The blue guide -- Ornamental cookery -- Neither-nor criticism -- Striptease -- The new Citroën -- Photography and electoral appeal -- The Lost Continent -- Plastic -- The great family of man -- The Lady of the Camellias
Notes Translated from the French "Mythologies" c1957 by Editions du Seuil, Paris
Translation c1972 by Jonathan Cape
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Translated into English from original French
Subject Culture.
French essays.
Mythology.
Popular culture.
Semiotics.
Signs and symbols.
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Author Lavers, Annette, editor, translator
LC no. 75185427
ISBN 0374521506 (paperback)
080901369X (paperback)
0809071932
9780374521509 (paperback)
9780809013692 (paperback)
9780809071937
Other Titles Mythologies. English