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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Icon Books Ltd; New edition edition (4 May 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1840467169
  • ISBN-13: 978-1840467161
  • Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 14 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 234,596 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Roland Barthes is best known as a semiologist, a student of the science of signs. This sees human beings primarily as communicating animals, and looks at the way they use language, clothes, gestures, hair styles, visual images, shapes and colour to convey to one another their tastes, their emotions, their ideal self-image and the values of their society.

Semiotics sees human beings as communicating animals, and looks at the way they use language, clothes, and visual images to convey to one another their tastes, their emotions, their ideal self-image and the values of their society.

Introducing Barthes explains Barthes’ application of these ideas to literature and popular culture, and shows why he was a key figure in the structuralist movement.

About the Author
Philip Thody was Professor of French Literature and Head of Department of French at the University of Leeds until his retirement in 1993. He died in 1999.

Piero is an illustrator and graphic designer whose work has twice been included in the Royal College of Art’s "The Best of British Illustration". He has illustrated Shakespeare, Psychiatry, Anthropology and Nietzsche in the Introducing series.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Splendid introduction, 1 April 2001
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This is a very well-written and accessible introduction to Barthes; Thody is able to express the complexities of Barthes' thought in simple, straight-forward language. More importantly, he makes you want to read the man himself. Best of all, he engages in a fascinating piece of reflexivity as he muses on the philosophy of writing a readable guide to an author whose work deconstructed the very idea of 'plain' language, and attempted to disassociate the author from the text. Whooa! Great stuff.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent introduction, 28 Jan 2004
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Some people daren't cite the "Introducing" series because they're cartoon books. In my view they're being foolish, and obviously haven't read Barthes. Or this introduction.

Who says continental theory has to be difficult? The author of this book has taken a consciously educational approach, the result of which is that the book reads very accessibly (an effect towards which the cartoons help, of course), without slipping into oversimplification and especially without taking away the complexity of original and difficult ideas. I'd recommend this book as a first stop for anyone interested in Barthes.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Shame about the index., 25 Mar 2009
I really love these books. 'Introducing Barthes' is typical of the approach of the other books I've read in the series. It sweeps wide and fast without being simplistic, reveals countless insights in a chatty style and skims over the deep detail to give you 'the gist'. The images throughout break the text down nicely and rooting the meaning firmly in one's memory. Read it in a day and have a solid basis for further investigation.

The 'author's warning' was a particular nice touch in this book, where Thody gives a humble, honest and self deprecating footnote to a beautiful book.

My major criticism of the series in general is the lack of references throughout. The 'further reading' section doesn't help that much when you're wondering where a specific quote or concept came from, but it could be argued that adding footnotes throughout would clutter the page.

One irritating facet of this book is the incorrect index. Every page number I've looked up has been incorrect by one or two pages, hence the reduction of a star.
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