Table of Contents

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

About the Author

Arthur Asa Berger is professor emeritus at San Francisco State University.

Reviews

Berger is clearly a well-read and wide-ranging scholar.
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