What inspired Roland Barthes to compare Japan and France in this collection?
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What inspired Roland Barthes to compare Japan and France in this collection?
Did anyone else feel the semiotics sometimes became dense or abstract?
How do you think Barthes’s background in French culture influences his view of Japanese society?