| Description |
xii, 268 pages ; 23 cm |
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Longman critical readers |
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Longman critical readers.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Reconstructions. Making it old: 'traditionalist modernism'. 'Have a nice day, M. Derrida, M. Baudrillard'. Insider postmodernism: Jameson and Tomorrowland. Back to a New Futurism -- Modernist Positions. 1. Georg Lukacs, from The Meaning of Contemporary Realism. Bertolt Brecht from 'The Popular and the Realistic'. 2. Walter Benjamin, from 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction'. 3. Theodor Adorno, 'Letter to Walter Benjamin'. 4. Peter Burger, 'Avant-Garde and Engagement' -- Repositioning Modernism. 5. Marshall Berman, 'The Twentieth Century: the Halo and the Highway'. 6. Raymond Williams, 'The Metropolis and the Emergence of Modernism'. 7. Jean Radford, from 'Coming to Terms: Dorothy Richardson, Modernism and Women'. 8. Houston A. Baker Jnr, from Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance. 9. Laleen Jayamanne, Geeta Kapur and Yvonne Rainer, from 'Discussing Modernity, "Third World" and The Man Who Envied Women' -- Postmodern Narratives |
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10. Jurgen Habermas, 'Modernity--an Incomplete Project'. 11. Jean-Francois Lyotard, 'Answering the Question: What is Postmodernism?'. 12. Jean Baudrillard, from 'Simulacra and Simulations'. 13. Fredric Jameson, 'Postmodernism and Consumer Society' -- Popular Capitalism and Popular Culture. 14. David Harvey, from The Condition of Postmodernity. An Enquiry into the Origins of Social Change. 15. Iain Chambers, 'Contamination, Coincidence and Collusion. Pop Music, Urban Culture and the Avant-Garde' -- A Feminist Postmodernism? 16. Julia Kristeva, 'Postmodernism?'. 17. Laura Kipnis, from 'Feminism: the Political Conscience of Postmodernism?' -- Black Culture and Postmodernism. 18. Cornel West from 'An Interview with Cornell West Anders Stephanson' -- Postmodernist Fiction. 19. Umberto Eco, 'Postmodernism, Irony, the Enjoyable'. 20. Linda Hutcheon, 'Telling Stories: Fiction and History'. 21. Carlos Fuentes, 'Words Apart' |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-264) and index |
| Subject |
Aesthetics, Modern -- 20th century.
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Modernism (Literature)
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Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Postmodernism (Literature)
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| Genre/Form |
Art criticism.
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| Author |
Brooker, Peter.
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| LC no. |
91024537 |
| ISBN |
0582063574 (paperback) |
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0582063582 (csd.) |
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