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The Language of Fashion
Roland Barthes
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Description for The Language of Fashion
Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTE; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
Roland Barthes was one of the most widely influential thinkers of the 20th Century and his immensely popular and readable writings have covered topics ranging from wrestling to photography. The semiotic power of fashion and clothing were of perennial interest to Barthes and The Language of Fashion - now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series - collects some of his most important writings on these topics. Barthes' essays here range from the history of clothing to the cultural importance of Coco Chanel, from Hippy style in Morocco to the figure of the dandy, from colour in fashion to the power ... Read more
Roland Barthes was one of the most widely influential thinkers of the 20th Century and his immensely popular and readable writings have covered topics ranging from wrestling to photography. The semiotic power of fashion and clothing were of perennial interest to Barthes and The Language of Fashion - now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series - collects some of his most important writings on these topics. Barthes' essays here range from the history of clothing to the cultural importance of Coco Chanel, from Hippy style in Morocco to the figure of the dandy, from colour in fashion to the power ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Bloomsbury Revelations
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472505422
SKU
V9781472505422
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About Roland Barthes
Roland Barthes (1915-1980) was a major French writer, literary theorist and critic of French culture and society.
Reviews for The Language of Fashion
No one can claim that translating Barthes is easy. Nor is it easy to assemble, as Stafford and Carter have done, such a chronologically revealing series of essays, to footnote their French sources and explain the citations in them so fully, to provide a glossary of writers to help explain the evolution of Barthes's thought, and to frame the whole ... Read more