The Cambridge companion to postmodernism / edited by Steven Connor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Connor, Steven, 1955- editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature.

Cambridge companions to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postmodernism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 237 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Cambridge Companion to Postmodernism offers a comprehensive introduction to postmodernism. The Companion examines the different aspects of postmodernist thought and culture that have had a significant impact on contemporary cultural production and thinking. Topics discussed by experts in the field include postmodernism's relation to modernity, and its significance and relevance to literature, film, law, philosophy, architecture, religion and modern cultural studies. The volume also includes a useful guide to further reading and a chronology. This is an essential aid for students and teachers from a range of disciplines interested in postmodernism in all its incarnations. Accessible and comprehensive, this Companion addresses the many issues surrounding this elusive, enigmatic and often controversial topic.

Contents:

Postmodernism and philosophy / Paul Sheehan

Postmodernism and film / Catherine Constable

Postmodernism and literature / Steven Connor

Postmodernism and art: postmodernism now and again / Stephen Melville

Postmodernism and performance / Philip Auslander

Postmodernism and space / Julian Murphet

Science, technology and postmodernism / Ursula K. Heise

Postmodernism and post-religion / Philippa Berry

Postmodernism and ethics against the metaphysics of comprehension / Robert Eaglestone

Law and justice in postmodernity / Costas Douzinas.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

ISBN:

1-107-48512-6

0-511-99948-8