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Connor, Steven, 1955-

Postmodernist culture : an introduction to theories of the contemporary / Steven Connor. - 2nd ed. - Oxford ; Cambridge, Mass : Blackwell, 1997. - ix, 327 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [290]-318) and index.

Part I: Context - Postmordernism and the academy -- Part II: Postmordernities: Postmodern social and legal theory - Jean-Francois Lyotard - Fredric Jameson - Jean Baudrillard - Postmodern law - 3. Postmodernism in architecture and the visual arts - Architecture - Art - Photography - 4. Postmodernism and literature - Unmaking and irony - Beyond spatialism - Ontology and metafiction - Possible worlds: science fiction and cyberpunk - 5. Postmodern performance - Theatre - Dance - Mime - Music - 6. Postmodern TV, Video and film - TV and video - Film - 7. Postmodernism and popular culture -- Part III: Consequences - 8. Post-modesty: renunciation and the sublime - 9. Postmodernism and cultural politics - Spaces of resistance - Feminism and postmodernism - Postmodernity and post-coloniality - Postmodernism, the avant-garde and ethical possibility - Afterculture: postmodern ecology - Bibliography - Index.

ISBN: 0631200525 (pbk.) 9780631200529 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Postmodernism.
Literature, Modern--History and criticism.--20th century

Dewey Class. No.: 306.0904 / CON