The portable postmodernist

In this volume, the author brings together key concepts written by postmodernisms leading figures: Lyotard, Baudrillard, Jameson and others. Followed by his own commentary written in concise, easy to understand language, this book should be invaluable to students and professors alike who will find Berger´s style refreshing. Organised in 50 segments, the subjects run the gamut from James Joyce to Disney culture to punk music. Berger weaves these seemingly diverse topics together, exploring and exposing postmodernism and its appearance in popular culture.
Contents: Postmodernism defined; pastiche; the "Post" in postmodernism; postmodernism and pop; postmodernism as eclecticism; postmodernism as illusions; four aspects of postmodernism; Nietzsche and postmodernism; feminism and postmodernity; Julia Kristeva´s "Stabat Mater"; postmodernism and nihilism; postmodernism and hyperreality; postmodern artists and writers; death of the author; modernist and postmodernist works; Saussure and language; Derrida and "Difference"; "Spy" magazine and postmodernism; postmodern novels - Thomas Pynchon; modern novels - Robert Musil; postmodern language and meaning; modernism defined; a critique of Fredric Jameson; the postmodernization of culture; African Americans and postmodernism; punk and postmodernism; "Sorties"; images and simulation; postmodernist architecture; postmodern sensibility; the modernist James Joyce; the postmodernist Georges Perec; Disney and postmodernism; postmodernism as chaotic critique; a postmodern hotel; signs and signifiers; "conservative" and "critical" postmodernism; advertising, women and postmodernism; postmodernism and consumer behavior; rescuing modernism; postmodernism and Jenny Jones; "Blade Runner" as a postmodern film; postmodernism and the novel; hypertext and pastiche; postmodern cuisine; postmodern questions; postmodernism and therapy; romantic love; modernism and psotmodernism in the arts; postmodernism/modernism chart; a concluding note.