The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies

The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies
Author Roland Barthes
Original title La Tour Eiffel
Translator Richard Howard
Country France
Language French
Subject Semiotics, structuralism, cultural studies
Publisher University of California Press
Publication date
1979
Pages 152
ISBN 978-0-520-20982-4

The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies is a collection of essays by the French literary theorist Roland Barthes. It is a companion volume to his earlier book, Mythologies, and follows the same format of a series of short essays which explore a range of cultural phenomena, from the Tour de France to laundry detergents.

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