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New mythologies in design and culture : reading signs and symbols in the visual landscape / Rebecca Houze.

By:

Houze, Rebecca [author.]

Publisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2016Description: 280 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780857857620 (pbk.) :
0857857622

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Summary: Taking as its point of departure Roland Barthes' classic series of essays, 'Mythologies', Rebecca Houze presents an exploration of signs and symbols in the visual landscape of postmodernity. In nine chapters Houze considers a range of contemporary phenomena, from the history of sustainability to the meaning of sports and children's building toys.

List(s) this item appears in: BA (Hons) Fashion Level 5 Critical Studies | BA (Hons) Art and Design level 5: - Critical Studies 2

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Taking as its point of departure Roland Barthes' classic series of essays, 'Mythologies', Rebecca Houze presents an exploration of signs and symbols in the visual landscape of postmodernity. In nine chapters Houze considers a range of contemporary phenomena, from the history of sustainability to the meaning of sports and children's building toys.

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