{"product_id":"9780230345140","title":"Roland Barthes","description":"Roland Barthes was one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, but why should the reader of today, or tomorrow, be concerned with him? Martin McQuillan provides a fresh perspective on Barthes, addressing his political and institutional inheritance and considering his work as the origins of a critical cultural studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis stimulating study:\u003cbr\u003e• provides a biographical consideration of Barthes' writing\u003cbr\u003e• offers an extended reading of his 1957 text Mythologies as a text for our own time, drawing Barthes' work into a historical relation to the present\u003cbr\u003e• examines his connection to what we call cultural studies\u003cbr\u003e• features an annotated bibliography of Barthes' published work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThought-provoking and insightful, \u003cem\u003eRoland Barthes\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for anyone who is interested in the writings of this key theorist and his continuing relevance in our post-9\/11 world.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106977038576,"sku":"9780230345140","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780230345140_p0.jpg?v=1763676528","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780230345140","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}