Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction - Couverture souple

Butler, Christopher

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0192802399 ISBN 13 : 9780192802392

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2002

Synopsis

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.

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A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Christopher Butler is Professor of English Literature at Oxford University, and is the author of many books, including Early Modernism (OUP, 1994).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0192802399
• ISBN 13: 9780192802392
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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