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Mythologies (book)

Index Mythologies (book)

Mythologies is a 1957 book by Roland Barthes. [1]

70 relations: Abbé Pierre, Aircraft pilot, Albert Einstein, Amateur wrestling, André Gide, Basques, Bourgeoisie, Boxing, Charlie Chaplin, Citroën DS, Coronation of Elizabeth II, Cruise ship, Dominici affair, Elle (magazine), Eucharist, Ferdinand de Saussure, Food photography, French Congo, From Here to Eternity, Graham Greene, Greta Garbo, Guide Bleu, Hidden track, Ideology, Johns Hopkins University Press, Jules Roy, Jules Verne, Julius Caesar (1953 film), Justice, Karl Marx, La Dame aux Camélias, Le Bateau ivre, Le Figaro, List of Unilever brands, Lost Continent (1954 film), Margarine, Mass media, Milk, Myth, Mythology, Nautilus (Verne), Nouvelles Mythologies, Novelist, Pantomime, Paris Match, Persil, Plastic, Professional wrestling, Proletariat, Proverb, ..., Queen Christina (film), Roland Barthes, Ruling class, Salute, Semiosis, Semiotics, Sign (linguistics), Sign (semiotics), Social constructionism, Spectacle, Steak frites, Striptease, Structuralism, The Family of Man, The Living Room (play), The Minnesota Review, Toy, Wine, Word, Yacht. Expand index (20 more) »

Abbé Pierre

Abbé Pierre, OFM Cap, (born Henri Marie Joseph Grouès; 5 August 1912 – 22 January 2007) was a French Catholic priest, member of the Resistance during World War II, and deputy of the Popular Republican Movement (MRP).

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Aircraft pilot

An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls.

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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).

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Amateur wrestling

Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling.

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André Gide

André Paul Guillaume Gide (22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Basques

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Bourgeoisie

The bourgeoisie is a polysemous French term that can mean.

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Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined set of time in a boxing ring.

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Charlie Chaplin

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film.

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Citroën DS

The Citroën DS is a front-engine, front-wheel-drive executive car that was manufactured and marketed by the French company Citroën from 1955 to 1975 in sedan, wagon/estate and convertible body configurations.

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Coronation of Elizabeth II

The coronation of Elizabeth II as Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) took place on 2 June 1953, at Westminster Abbey.

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Cruise ship

A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, when the voyage itself, the ship's amenities, and sometimes the different destinations along the way (i.e., ports of call), are part of the experience.

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Dominici affair

The Dominici affair was the criminal investigation into the triple murder of three Britons in France.

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Elle (magazine)

Elle is a worldwide lifestyle magazine of French origin that focuses on fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment.

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Eucharist

The Eucharist (also called Holy Communion or the Lord's Supper, among other names) is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches and an ordinance in others.

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Ferdinand de Saussure

Ferdinand de Saussure (26 November 1857 – 22 February 1913) was a Swiss linguist and semiotician.

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Food photography

Food photography is a still life photography genre used to create attractive still life photographs of food.

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French Congo

The French Congo (Congo français) or Middle Congo (Moyen-Congo) was a French colony which at one time comprised the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and the Central African Republic.

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From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity is a 1953 drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann, and written by Daniel Taradash, based on the novel of the same name by James Jones.

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Graham Greene

Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991), better known by his pen name Graham Greene, was an English novelist regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.

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Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish film actress during the 1920s and 1930s.

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Guide Bleu

The Guide Bleu is a series of French-language travel guides published by Hachette Livre, which started in 1841 as the Guide Joanne.

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Hidden track

In the field of recorded music, a hidden track (sometimes called a secret track) is a piece of music that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, LP record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener.

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Ideology

An Ideology is a collection of normative beliefs and values that an individual or group holds for other than purely epistemic reasons.

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Johns Hopkins University Press

The Johns Hopkins University Press (also referred to as JHU Press or JHUP) is the publishing division of Johns Hopkins University.

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Jules Roy

Jules Roy (22 October 1907 – 15 June 2000) was a French writer.

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Jules Verne

Jules Gabriel Verne (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.

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Julius Caesar (1953 film)

Julius Caesar is a 1953 epic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation of the play by Shakespeare, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the uncredited screenplay, and produced by John Houseman.

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Justice

Justice is the legal or philosophical theory by which fairness is administered.

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Karl Marx

Karl MarxThe name "Karl Heinrich Marx", used in various lexicons, is based on an error.

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La Dame aux Camélias

La Dame aux Camélias (literally The Lady with the Camellias, commonly known in English as Camille) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, ''fils'', first published in 1848, and subsequently adapted by Dumas for the stage.

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Le Bateau ivre

"Le Bateau ivre" ("The Drunken Boat") is a 100-line verse-poem written in 1871 by Arthur Rimbaud.

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Le Figaro

Le Figaro is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris.

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List of Unilever brands

This is a list of brands owned by Anglo-Dutch multinational company Unilever.

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Lost Continent (1954 film)

Continente Perduto (a.k.a. Lost Continent and Continent Perdu) is a 1955 Italian documentary film about Maritime Southeast Asia including Borneo.

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Margarine

Margarine is an imitation butter spread used for flavoring, baking, and cooking.

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Mass media

The mass media is a diversified collection of media technologies that reach a large audience via mass communication.

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Milk

Milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals.

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Myth

Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in society, such as foundational tales.

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Mythology

Mythology refers variously to the collected myths of a group of people or to the study of such myths.

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Nautilus (Verne)

Nautilus is the fictional submarine captained by Nemo featured in Jules Verne's novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) and The Mysterious Island (1874).

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Nouvelles Mythologies

Nouvelles Mythologies is a collection of 57 texts written by authors, journalists and editorialists under the direction of Jérôme Garcin and published in 2007 at Éditions du Seuil to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of the essay Mythologies by Roland Barthes.

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Novelist

A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction.

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Pantomime

Pantomime (informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment.

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Paris Match

Paris Match is a French-language weekly news magazine.

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Persil

Persil is a brand of laundry detergent made by both Henkel and Unilever, each with its own formulation.

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Plastic

Plastic is material consisting of any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic compounds that are malleable and so can be molded into solid objects.

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Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling (often shortened to pro wrestling or simply wrestling) is a form of sports entertainment which combines athletics with theatrical performance.

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Proletariat

The proletariat (from Latin proletarius "producing offspring") is the class of wage-earners in a capitalist society whose only possession of significant material value is their labour-power (their ability to work).

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Proverb

A proverb (from proverbium) is a simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience.

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Queen Christina (film)

Queen Christina is a pre-Code Hollywood biographical film, produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1933 by Walter Wanger and directed by Rouben Mamoulian.

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Roland Barthes

Roland Gérard Barthes (12 November 1915 – 26 March 1980) was a French literary theorist, philosopher, linguist, critic, and semiotician.

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Ruling class

The ruling class is the social class of a given society that decides upon and sets that society's political agenda.

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Salute

A salute is a gesture or other action used to display respect.

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Semiosis

Semiosis (from the σημείωσις, sēmeíōsis, a derivation of the verb σημειῶ, sēmeiô, "to mark") is any form of activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, including the production of meaning.

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Semiotics

Semiotics (also called semiotic studies) is the study of meaning-making, the study of sign process (semiosis) and meaningful communication.

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Sign (linguistics)

A linguistic sign is a part of language used to indicate a being.

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Sign (semiotics)

In semiotics, a sign is anything that communicates a meaning that is not the sign itself to the interpreter of the sign.

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Social constructionism

Social constructionism or the social construction of reality (also social concept) is a theory of knowledge in sociology and communication theory that examines the development of jointly constructed understandings of the world that form the basis for shared assumptions about reality.

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Spectacle

In general, spectacle refers to an event that is memorable for the appearance it creates.

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Steak frites

Steak-frites, meaning "steak fries" in French, is a very common and popular dish served in brasseries throughout Europe consisting of steak paired with French fries.

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Striptease

A striptease is an erotic or exotic dance in which the performer gradually undresses, either partly or completely, in a seductive and sexually suggestive manner.

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Structuralism

In sociology, anthropology, and linguistics, structuralism is the methodology that implies elements of human culture must be understood by way of their relationship to a larger, overarching system or structure.

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The Family of Man

The Family of Man was an ambitious photography exhibition curated by Edward Steichen, the director of the Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) Department of Photography.

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The Living Room (play)

The Living Room is a 1953 play by Graham Greene; it was the first play he wrote in his career.

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The Minnesota Review

The Minnesota Review is a literary magazine covering literary and cultural studies which places a special emphasis on politically engaged criticism, fiction, and poetry.

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Toy

A toy is an item that is used in play, especially one designed for such use.

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Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage made from grapes fermented without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, water, or other nutrients.

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Word

In linguistics, a word is the smallest element that can be uttered in isolation with objective or practical meaning.

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Yacht

A yacht is a watercraft used for pleasure or sports.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythologies_(book)

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