It is a remarkable tome.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 18:36, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Are you familiar with
'The Golden Bough'?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 18:41, Reply)

isn't that a gnostic text?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 18:42, Reply)

nope
an anthropological book, stuffed full of the weirdest customs. Comes in 12 volumes, but I own the large abridged volume which is still over a thousand pages
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 18:48, Reply)

then, no, I have never heard of it
it sounds...long
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 18:55, Reply)

it's worth the effort
really fascinating. Gives a fantastic background to Levi-Strauss
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 18:59, Reply)

I have his one on mythology
but it's been a while so I don't really remember much about it
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 19:00, Reply)

Isn't that Barthes?
I have Mythologies. I'm also reading Simulacra and Simulations. Baudrillard is a bit of a windbag, to employ an Americanism.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 19:03, Reply)

nah, there's a levi strauss one called some thing
like myths and mythology or something, too. Barthes is proper cool Camera Lucida is one of the better things written about photography by a non photographer .

(edit: baudrillard is the one I have to pretend I've read when I'm teaching. I've read about it, surely that counts)
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 19:13, Reply)

I think it's great that he has his jeans business to fall back on if academia gets too tough.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 19:14, Reply)

haha

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 19:16, Reply)

Reading about Baudrillard
Is very Baudrillardian.

I approve.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 19:18, Reply)

this is a good point
and my defense if I get found out :)
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 19:19, Reply)

It is both signifier and signified.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 19:20, Reply)

you are both signifier and signified

and so's yer mum
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 19:22, Reply)

It's long but it has a charming easy style to it.
And for film trivia fans, it's one of the books Col. Kurtz is reading in the film 'Apocalypse Now'.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 19:17, Reply)