num_pages: 80
description: Roland Barthes' imaginative or fictive exploration of Japan prompted him to examine the social and historical contingency of signs, how their meaning changes through time and in different contexts.
language: English
title: Barthes and the Empire of Signs
titlecomplete: Barthes and the Empire of Signs (Postmodern Encounters)
genres: Philosophy
ratings_count: 31
series: Postmodern Encounters
publisher: Icon,Totem Books