Barthes's Black Soldier: The Making of a Mythological Celebrity

被引：3
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作者：
Moudileno, Lydie [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Southern Calif, French, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
[2] Univ Southern Calif, Amer Studies & Ethn, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
来源：
YEARBOOK OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE | 2019年 / 62卷 / 01期
关键词：
Barthes; Mythologies; postcolonial; African soldier; celebrity; French theory; Willy Rizzo; Paris Match;
D O I：
10.3138/ycl.62.017
中图分类号：
I [文学];
学科分类号：
05 ;
摘要：
This article examines Roland Barthes's representation of the African body and the theoretical use of blackness in one of his most famous texts, Mythologies (1957). More specifically, it examines the implications of the paradigmatic status conferred to the so-called "black soldier" based on the analysis of a popular French magazine photography. It argues not only that Barthes's original representation is fraught with misreadings of the image, but also that the mythological celebrity of the black soldier has been deployed through the uncritical repetition of this initial take. Finally, the article points to existing or potential reexaminations of this celebrity in film and photography.
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页码：57 / 72
页数：16
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