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Roland Barthes was one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, but why should the reader of today, or tomorrow, be concerned with him? Martin McQuillan provides a fresh perspective on Barthes, addressing his political and institutional inheritance and considering his work as the origins of a critical cultural studies.
This stimulating study:
- Provides a biographical consideration of Barthes' writing
- Offers an extended reading of his 1957 text Mythologies as a text for our own time, drawing Barthes' work into a historical relation to the present
- Examines his connection to what we call cultural studies
- Features an annotated bibliography of Barthes' published work
Thought-provoking and insightful, Roland Barthes is essential reading for anyone who is interested in the writings of this key theorist and his continuing relevance in our post-9/11 world.
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- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publication Date:01/03/2011
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- ISBN:9781350309838
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing
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- ISBN:9781350309838
