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Title: THE PORTABLE POSTMODERNIST
By: Arthur Asa Berger
Format: Paperback

List price: £31.00


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ISBN 10: 0759103143
ISBN 13: 9780759103146
Publisher: ALTAMIRA PRESS,U.S.
Pub. date: 16 April, 2003
Pages: 144
Description: Introduces key concepts written by postmodernism's leading theorists including Lyotard, Baudrillard, and Jameson. This book defines the postmodernism's most elusive ideas. It explores and challenges postmodernism's role in popular culture. It is suitable for students and those interested in media, social, and cultural studies.
Synopsis: In The Portable Postmodernist, Arthur Asa Berger introduces key concepts written by postmodernism's leading theorists including Lyotard, Baudrillard, and Jameson. This collage of influential writing is followed by Berger's concise, accessible comments. Written for the newcomer, Berger's lucid explanations define the postmodernism's most elusive ideas. Organized in fifty segments, the book runs the gamut from postmodern architecture to feminism to punk music. Berger weaves these diverse topics together, exploring and challenging postmodernism's role in popular culture. This highly-readable book is essential reading for students and anyone interested in media, social, and cultural studies.
Publication: US
Imprint: AltaMira Press,U.S.
Returns: Returnable
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