Roland Barthes' experience of Japan, a morass of signs where appearance and reality intermingle, led him to move from linguistic semiology to a much broader critical enquiry into the field of mass media and popular culture. Do we inhabit today an 'empire of signs'?
Barthes and the Empire of Signs by Peter Pericles Trifonas
Roland Barthes' experience of Japan, a morass of signs where appearance and reality intermingle, led him to move from linguistic semiology to a much broader critical enquiry into the field of mass media and popular culture. Do we inhabit today an 'empire of signs'?
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Peter Pericles Trifonas writes on cultural studies, education, philosophy, ethics, literature and media. His books include The Ethics of Writing and Barthes and the Empire of Signs.
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GOR001943168
Barthes and the Empire of Signs by Peter Pericles Trifonas
Peter Pericles Trifonas
Postmodern Encounters
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Icon Books Ltd
2001-09-03
80
1840462779
9781840462777
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