Postmodernism : a very short introduction /
"Postmodernism has been a buzzword in contemporary society for the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists, and their engagement with theory, literature, the visual arts, film, architectur...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| Series: | Very short introductions ;
74. |
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| Summary: | "Postmodernism has been a buzzword in contemporary society for the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists, and their engagement with theory, literature, the visual arts, film, architecture, and music. He treats artists, intellectuals, critics, and social scientists as if they were all members of a loosely constituted and quarrelsome political party - a party which includes such members as Cindy Sherman, Salman Rushdie, Jacques Derrida, Walter Abish, and Richard Rorty - creating a vastly entertaining framework in which to unravel the mysteries of the postmodern condition from the politicizing of museum culture to the cult of the politically correct."--Jacket. |
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| Item Description: | "First published as a Very Short Introduction 2002"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 142 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references pages (129-131) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0192802399 9780192802392 9780191539077 0191539074 |