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Author White, Ed, 1945- author.

Title How to read Barthes' Image-Music-Text / Ed White
Published London : Pluto Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (197 pages)
Series How to read theory
How to read theory.
Contents Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Photographic Message; 2. Rhetoric of the Image; 3. The Third Meaning; 4. Diderot, Brecht, Eisenstein; 5. Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Narrative; 6. The Struggle with the Angel; 7. The Death of the Author; 8. Musica Practica; 9. From Work to Text; 10. Change the Object Itself; 11. Lesson in Writing; 12. The Grain of the Voice; 13. Writers, Intellectuals, Teachers; Reading Across Barthes' Work; Index
Summary Roland Barthes remains one of the most influential cultural theorists of the postwar period and Image-Music-Text collects his most influential essays. Ed White provides students with a clear guide to this essential but difficult text. As students are increasingly expected to write across a range of media, Barthes work can be understood as an early mapping of what we now call interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary study. The books detailed section-by-section readings makes Barthes most importantwritings accessible to undergraduate readers. This book is a perfect companion for teaching and learning Barthes ideas in cultural studies and literary theory
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
In Academic Library
Subject Barthes, Roland. Essays. Selections. English.
SUBJECT Essays (Barthes, Roland) fast
Subject Culture -- Philosophy
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Culture -- Philosophy
Society.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781849647229
1849647224