Main entry:

Barthes, Roland.

Title & Author:

The Eiffel Tower, and other mythologies / Roland Barthes ; translated by Richard Howard.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publication:

New York : Hill and Wang, ©1979.

Description:

151 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:
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 -- Cottage industry -- Buffet finishes off New York.
Text in English.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0809041154
9780809041152
0809013916
9780809013913

Subject:

Popular culture France.
Culture populaire France.
Popular culture
France

Form/genre:

Annotations (Provenance) 20th century.
Essays.

Added entries:

Howard, Richard, 1929-2022, translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 182939
Call No.: ID AC8.B4353 PO10922; ID:85-B4476
Status: Available

Location: Library main 182940
Call No.: ID AC8.B4353 PO10922; ID:85-B4476
Status: Available