Mythologies Summary
Roland Barthes

Mythologies Summary

This short but intellectually dense book examines contemporary mythology from two distinct perspectives. Specific manifestations of the relationship between myth and popular culture are explored in the series of short essays making up Section 1. Section 2 consists of a lengthy essay examining and defining, from the author's personal perspective, the general ways in which myths function and are defined.

Mythologies is written in two sections. The first consists of a series of...

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