Barthes and the Empire of Signs
By (author): "Peter Pericles Trifonas"
ISBN1840462779
ISBN139781840462777
AsinBarthes and the Empire of Signs
Original titleBarthes and the Empire of Signs (Postmodern Encounters)
SeriesPostmodern Encounters
Roland Barthes' imaginative or fictive exploration of Japan prompted him to examine the social and historical contingency of signs, how their meaning changes through time and in different contexts.