Bibliograph

Mythologies, Roland Barthes ; translated from the French by Richard Howard, Annette Lavers

Type

Label

Mythologies, Roland Barthes ; translated from the French by Richard Howard, Annette Lavers

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mythologies

Oclc number

758844748

Responsibility statement

Roland Barthes ; translated from the French by Richard Howard, Annette Lavers

Summary

"This new edition of Mythologies is the first complete, authoritative English version of the French classic, Roland Barthes's most emblematic work"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Translator's note / Richard Howard -- Preface to the 1970 edition -- Preface to the 1957 edition -- PART I: MYTHOLOGIES. In the ring -- The Harcourt actor -- Romans in the movies -- The writer on vacation -- The "blue blood" cruise -- Criticism blind and dumb -- Saponids and detergents -- The poor and the proletariat -- Martians -- Operations Astra -- Conjugals -- Dominici, or, The Triumph of Literature -- Iconography of Abbé Pierre -- Novels and children -- Toys -- Paris not flooded -- Bichon among the blacks -- A sympathetic worker -- Garbo's face -- Power and "cool" -- Wine and milk -- Steak-frites -- The nautilus and the Bateau Ivre -- Depth advertising -- A few words from Monsieur Poujade -- Adamov and language -- Einstein's brain -- The jet-man -- Racine is Racine -- Billy Graham at the Vel'D'Hiv' -- The Dupriez trial -- Shock photos -- Two m yths of the new theater -- The tour de France as epic -- The Glue Guide -- Agony columns -- Ornamental cuisine -- The Batory cruise -- The m an in the street on strike -- African grammar -- Neither/Nor criticism -- Striptease -- The new Citroën -- Literature according to Minou Drouet -- Electoral photogeny -- Lost Continent -- Astrology -- The Bourgeois art of song -- Plastic -- The great family of man -- At the music hall -- The Lady of the Cmaellias -- Poujade and the intellectuals

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