The Portable Postmodernist

Arthur Asa Berger (Author)

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Description

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.

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Chapter 1: Postmodernism Defined
Chapter 3 Chapter 2: Pastiche
Chapter 4 Chapter 3: The "Post" in Postmodernism
Chapter 5 Chapter 4: Postmodernism and Pop
Chapter 6 Chapter 5: Postmodernism as Eclecticism
Chapter 7 Chapter 6: Postmodernism as Illusions
Chapter 8 Chapter 7: Four Aspects of Postmodernism
Chapter 9 Chapter 8: Nietzsche and Postmodernism
Chapter 10 Chapter 9: Feminism and Postmodernity
Chapter 11 Chapter 10: Julia Kristeva's "Stabat Mater"
Chapter 12 Chapter 11: Postmodernism and Nihilism
Chapter 13 Chapter 12: Postmodernism and Hyperreality
Chapter 14 Chapter 13: Postmodern Artists and Writers
Chapter 15 Chapter 14: Death of the Author
Chapter 16 Chapter 15: Modernist and Postmodernist Works
Chapter 17 Chapter 16: Saussure and Language
Chapter 18 Chapter 17: Derrida and Differance
Chapter 19 Chapter 18: Spy magazine and Postmodernism
Chapter 20 Chapter 19: Postmodern Novels: Thomas Pynchon
Chapter 21 Chapter 20: Modern Novels: Robert Musil
Chapter 22 Chapter 21: Postmodern Language and Meaning
Chapter 23 Chapter 22: Modernism Defined
Chapter 24 Chapter 23: A Critique of Fredric Jameson
Chapter 25 Chapter 24: The Postmodernization of Culture
Chapter 26 Chapter 25: African Americans and Postmodernism
Chapter 27 Chapter 26: Punk and Postmodernism
Chapter 28 Chapter 27: Sorties
Chapter 29 Chapter 28: Images and Simulation
Chapter 30 Chapter 29: Postmodernist Architecture
Chapter 31 Chapter 30: Postmodern Sensibility
Chapter 32 Chapter 31: The Modernist James Joyce
Chapter 33 Chapter 32: The Postmodernist Georges Perec
Chapter 34 Chapter 33: Disney and Postmodernism
Chapter 35 Chapter 34: Postmodernism as Chaotic Critique
Chapter 36 Chapter 35: A Postmodern Hotel
Chapter 37 Chapter 36: Signs and Signifiers
Chapter 38 Chapter 37: "Conservative" and "Critical" Postmodernism
Chapter 39 Chapter 38: Advertising, Women, and Postmodernism
Chapter 40 Chapter 39: Postmodernism and Consumer Behavior
Chapter 41 Chapter 40: Rescuing Modernism
Chapter 42 Chapter 41: Postmodernism and Jenny Jones
Chapter 43 Chapter 42: Blade Runner as a Postmodern Film
Chapter 44 Chapter 43: Postmodernism and the Novel
Chapter 45 Chapter 44: Hypertext and Pastiche
Chapter 46 Chapter 45: Postmodern Cuisine
Chapter 47 Chapter 46: Postmodern Questions
Chapter 48 Chapter 47: Postmodernism and Therapy
Chapter 49 Chapter 48: Romantic Love
Chapter 50 Chapter 49: Modernism and Postmodernism in the Arts
Chapter 51 Chapter 50: Postmodernism/Modernism Chart
Chapter 52 A Concluding Note
Chapter 53 Bibliography
Chapter 54 About the Author