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Fashion System
by Roland Barthes

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Publisher Comments:

In his consideration of the language of the fashion magazine--the structural analysis of descriptions of women's clothing by writers about fashion--Barthes gives us a brief history of semiology. At the same time, he identifies economics as the underlying reason for the luxuriant prose of the fashion magazine: "Calculating, industrial society is obliged to form consumers who don't calculate; if clothing's producers and consumers had the same consciousness, clothing would be bought (and produced) only at the very slow rate of its dilapidation."

Synopsis:

The object of this inquiry is the structural analysis of women's clothing as currently described by Fashion magazines: its method was originally inspired by the general science of signs postulated by Saussure under the name semiology.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780520071773
Translator:
Ward, Matthew
Translator:
Howard, Richard
Translator:
Ward, Matthew
Author:
Barthes, Roland
Author:
Howard, Richard
Publisher:
University of California Press
Location:
Berkeley :
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Clothing and dress
Subject:
Fashion
Subject:
Novels and novellas
Subject:
Literature
Subject:
Continental european fiction (fictional works
Subject:
Beauty & Grooming - General
Subject:
Continental european
Subject:
Semiotics & Theory
Subject:
Semiotics
Copyright:
1990
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references.
Series Volume:
101-443
Publication Date:
July 1990
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
351
Dimensions:
8.97x6.01x.85 in. .95 lbs.
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