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The Eiffel Tower, and other mythologies
Barthes, Roland.
Berkeley : University of California Press, 1997
In this appealing and luminous collection of essays, Roland Barthes examines the mundane and exposes hidden texts, causing the reader to look afresh at the famous landmark and symbol of Paris, and also at the Tour de France, the visit to Paris of Billy Graham, the flooding of the Seine--and other shared events and aspects of everyday experience
Bibliographic Information
| Format: | Book |
|---|---|
| Author: | Barthes, Roland. |
| Subject: |
Barthes, Roland Popular culture Tour Eiffel (Paris, France) |
| Publication Year: | 1979 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Berkeley : University of California Press, 1997 |
| ISBN: | 9780520209824 0520209826 0520209826 (alk. paper) |
| Notes: | Originally published: New York : Hill and Wang, 1979 Translated from La Tour Eiffel Collection of essays Eiffel Tower -- Harcourt actor -- Conjugations -- Martians -- Paris not flooded -- Bichon and the Blacks -- A sympathetic worker -- Power and "cool" -- Depth advertised -- A few words from Monsieur Poujade -- Adamov and language -- Racine is Racine -- Billy Graham at the Vel' d'Hiv' -- Dupriez trial -- Shock-photos -- Two myths of the new theater -- The Tour de France as epic -- Agony columns -- The "Batory" cruise -- The man in the street on strike -- African grammar -- Literature according to Minou Drouet -- Bourgeois art of song -- At the music hall -- Poujade and the intellectuals -- The two salons -- Dining car -- College industry -- Buffet finishes off New York |
| Course: |
ENG409 |
Availability at HKSYU Library
| Location | Call number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| English Book (5/F) | 700.1030944 BAR 1997 | Available |