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ROLAND BARTHES
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| By: |
Martin McQuillan |
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Hardback |
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£98.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0333914570 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780333914571 |
| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2011 |
| Series: |
Transitions |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
Roland Barthes was one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. In this new book, Martin McQuillan provides students with a fresh and stimulating perspective on Barthes' work, his lasting contribution to the formation of critical cultural studies and his continuing relevance today. |
| Synopsis: |
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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256 p. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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