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The postmodern presence : readings on postmodernism in American culture and society / edited by Arthur Asa Berger.
Fine Arts Library E169.12 .P65 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- Postmodernism--Social aspects.
- United States.
- History.
- Postmodernism--Social aspects--United States.
- Postmodernism.
- Physical Description:
- 320 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- "Postmodern" is a popular term, but difficult to define. Is it a movement? Discipline? Lifestyle? Or all these things? What are the limits of its jurisdiction? Instead of summing up the various perspectives of scholars and the variety of ideas to which the term postmodernism has been assigned, Berger lets this diversity speak for itself. By bringing together in a reader format articles and essays on the impact of the postmodern temper on an eclectic range of subjects from MTV and "The X-Files" to museums and university culture, Berger presents a few of the many ways different theorists have come to terms with postmodernism, while examining manifestations of postmodernism in the culture of everyday life. Highly entertaining and thought-provoking, the collection is sure to engage students and encourage a real involvement with the issues of postmodernism. And, when paired with its "postmodern murder mystery" companion, Postmortem for a Postmodernist (also published by AltaMira Press), the pair make an amusing and engaging exploration into the world of the postmodern presence.
- Contents:
- Homo postmodernus : a new kind of human being? / Arthur Asa Berger
- Postmodernity and popular culture : understanding our national pastime / Greg Miller & Michael Real
- Our decentered culture : the postmodern worldview / Jack Solomon
- A spy guide to postmodern everything / Bruce Handy
- Postmodernism : what are they talking about / Todd Gitlin
- Themed environments of everyday life : restaurants and malls / Mark Gottdiener
- Postmodern/postmuseum? popular culture and museums in contemporary society / Arthur Asa Berger
- The Westin Bonaventure Hotel / Fredric Jameson
- Stepping into Wayne's world : exploring postmodern comedy / Jason Rutter
- Not your parents' FBI : the X-files and "Jose Chung's From outer space" / Eileen Meehan
- The terminator : a case study in high tech paranoia / Arthur Asa Berger
- MTV : post-structural post-modern / John Fiske
- MTV : the (dis)appearance of postmodern semiosis, or the cultural politics of resistance / Kuan-Hsing Chen
- Higher education at the end of the millenium / Peter Sacks
- Fashion in the face of postmodernity / Charlotta Kratz & Bo Reimer
- Postmodernism and jokes / N.J.C. Vasantkumar
- Being analog / Carol Wilder
- Postmodern virtualities / Mark Poster
- Teledildonics and beyond / Howard Rheingold
- Exploring modernity : postmodern theory : critical interrogations / Steven Best & Douglas Kellner
- America / Jean Baudrillard.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-312) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 076198979X
- 0761989803
- OCLC:
- 38030184
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