Roland Barthes and the “beauty of speed”: sports as a Futurist myth
The paper deals with Roland Barthes’ interpretation of sports as a contemporary myth, becoming a semiotic and communicative medium with the approach of consumer society. In particular, the paper dwells on the transformation of motor racing into a collective myth, in accordance with Marinetti’s celeb...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Mimesis Edizioni, Milano
2018-07-01
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| Series: | Im@go. A Journal of the Social Imaginary |
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| Online Access: | http://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/IMAGO/article/view/1924 |