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Power and "Cool"

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Barthes, R. (2012). Power and "Cool". In Barthes, R. Mythologies: The Complete Edition, in a New Translation. Hill & Wang, pp. 76-78

understatement (feminine)

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This universe of litotes

on sangfroid underreactions in gangster films

—p.76 by Roland Barthes
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This universe of litotes

on sangfroid underreactions in gangster films

—p.76 by Roland Barthes
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(noun) the quality or state of being exiguous (very small in size or amount); scantiness

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The exiguity of the decisive gesture enjoys an entire mythological tradition

—p.76 by Roland Barthes
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The exiguity of the decisive gesture enjoys an entire mythological tradition

—p.76 by Roland Barthes
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(noun) a reversal of circumstances, or turning point; Anglicised form of the Greek "peripeteia"

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it signifies the appearance of a new peripety

—p.77 by Roland Barthes
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it signifies the appearance of a new peripety

—p.77 by Roland Barthes
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