The postmodern presence : readings on postmodernism in American culture and society /

Instead of summing up the various perspectives of scholars and the variety of ideas to which the term postmodernism has been assigned, this text lets this diversity speak for itself. By bringing together articles and essays on the impact of the postmodern temper on an eclectic range of subjects, Ber...

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Other Authors: Berger, Arthur Asa, 1933-
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Language:English
Published: Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, c1998.
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245 0 4 |a The postmodern presence :  |b readings on postmodernism in American culture and society /  |c edited by Arthur Asa Berger. 
260 |a Walnut Creek, CA :  |b AltaMira Press,  |c c1998. 
300 |a 320 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-312) and indexes. 
505 0 |a Introduction : Homo postmodernus : a new kind of human being? / Arthur Asa Berger -- Postmodernity and popular culture / Greg Miller & Michael Real -- Our decentered culture : the postmodern worldview / Jack Solomon -- Spy guide to postmodern everything / Bruce Handy -- Postmodernism : roots and politics / Todd Gitlin -- Themed environments of everyday life / Mark Gottdiener -- Postmodern/postmuseum? / Arthur Asa Berger -- The Westin Bonaventure Hotel / Fredric Jameson -- Wayne's world / Jason Rutter -- Not your parents' FBI : the X-files and "Jose Chung 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 -- 
505 0 |a Teledildonics and beyond / Howard Rheingold -- Exploring modernity / Steven Best & Douglas Kellner -- America / Jean Baudrillard. 
520 |a Instead of summing up the various perspectives of scholars and the variety of ideas to which the term postmodernism has been assigned, this text lets this diversity speak for itself. By bringing together articles and essays on the impact of the postmodern temper on an eclectic range of subjects, 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. 
650 0 |a Popular culture  |z United States  |x History  |y 20th century. 
650 0 |a Postmodernism  |x Social aspects  |z United States. 
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