The Fashion System by Roland Barthes

The Fashion System by Roland Barthes

Fashion never ceases to interest psychologists, aestheticians and sociologists. Roland Barthes, however, examined fashion from a new point of view. Using descriptions from magazines, he uncovered a system of meaning and subjected it for the first time to semantic analysis. The Fashion System, published in France in 1967, is bold and imaginative. In his endeavour to confine his love, outrage and passion for fashion to a system, Barthes created a work of literature that is witty, humane, personal and enormously stimulating

Obsessed with thinking about thinking, Barthes' life was a stylish intellectual adventureHe was also a hedonist, a meticulous dresser, gay, sensitive, sardonic, sociable, gossipy. He made reading a sacrament. With his unique vision, Barthes has helped us to read the world * Independent on Sunday *
Only lightweights read gushy coffee-table books of the 'Monsieur X is the best designer in the world!' variety; to be truly hardcore, get your hands on Roland Barthes' The Fashion System. Struggle to the end of this and, boy, will you feel clever * Guardian *
Barthes was an enormously alluring, sympathetic and sexy character * Independent *

Roland Barthes was born in 1915 and studied French literature and classics at the University of Paris. After teaching French at universities in Romania and Egypt, he joined the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, where he devoted himself to research in sociology and lexicology. He was a professor at the College de France until his death in 1980.

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ISBN 13	9780099528333
ISBN 10	0099528339
Title	The Fashion System
Author	Roland Barthes
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2010-11-04
Number of pages	320
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