1. Barthes’s Discretion

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Abbreviations vii
4. Introduction 1
5. I. Reflections on Photography
6. 1. Barthes’s Discretion 19
7. 2. “What has occurred only once” 32
8. 3. The Filter of Culture and the Culture of Death 59
9. 4. Barthes and Bazin 71
10. 5. Roland Barthes’s Obtuse, Sharp Meaning and the Responsibilities of Commentary 77
11. 6. Photographeme 90
12. 7. Narrative Liaisons 99
13. 8. Circulating Images 109
14. 9. Roland Barthes, or The Woman Without a Shadow 132
15. 10. The Descent of Orpheus 144
16. II. Seeing Language, Seeing Culture
17. 11.The Imaginary Museum of Jules Michelet 163
18. 12. Barthes with Marx 174
19. 13. Beyond Metalanguage 187
20. 14. Who Is the Real One? 196
21. 15. The Art of Being Sparse, Porous, Scattered 201
22. 16. Genetic Criticism in the Wake of Barthes 217
23. 17. Roland Barthes Abroad 228
24. 18. Un-Scriptible 243
25. Conclusion: A False Account of Talking with Frank O’Hara and Roland Barthes in Philadelphia 259
26. Bibliography 269
27. Contributors 277
28. Index 281