This thinker used the concept of "axis of castration" to analyze characters' gender roles.
This thinker used the concept of "axis of castration" to analyze characters' gender roles. In another work, this man described the "construction of a highly moral image: that of the perfect bastard." In one of his works, he analyzes a cover of a magazine showing a black soldier saluting, while another text is a close examination of the Balzac short story "Sarrasine." This author of S/Z wrote about social value systems as exemplified through the images of red wine and professional wrestling. For 10 points, name this French author of semiotics texts like Mythologies and "Death of the Author."
This thinker used the concept of "axis of castration" to analyze characters' gender roles.
Roland Barthes