by Jérôme Garcin · Points · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782757821527
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«Nouvelles Mythologies» is a collection of essays edited by Jérôme Garcin, published by Points in paperback (186 pages, in French).
«Nouvelles Mythologies» brings together some sixty essays by writers, philosophers and sociologists analysing the icons and obsessions of consumption in France at the start of the millennium. Following in the footsteps of Roland Barthes's «Mythologies» (1957), the texts address everyday items such as the 4x4, sushi, the euro, the flat screen and the blog.
The 2011 edition of «Nouvelles Mythologies» belongs to the Points Essais series and brings together texts by Jean-Paul Dubois, Philippe Delerm, Catherine Millet, Gilles Lipovetsky and Boris Cyrulnik.
For readers interested in the sociology of culture, contemporary French essay and the work of Roland Barthes.
Jérôme Garcin is a French journalist and writer. He heads the cultural section of the Nouvel Observateur, produces and hosts the radio programme Le Masque et la Plume on France Inter, and is a member of the reading committee of the Comédie-Française.
