Title:
Beginning postmodernism
Author:
Woods, Tim.
ISBN:
9780719052101
9780719052118
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1999.
Physical Description:
xiv, 284 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Series:
Beginnings
Beginnings (Manchester, England)
Contents:
Introduction : the naming of parts -- Postmodernism : philosophy and cultural theory -- Postmodernism and the literary arts -- Postmodern architecture and concepts of space -- Postmodernism in visual art, sculpture and the design arts -- Postmodernism, popular culture and music -- Postmodernism, film, video and televisual culture -- Postmodernism and the social sciences -- Conclusion : whither postmodernism?
Abstract:
Beginning Postmodernism offers an introduction to postmodernism across a wide range of subjects. It explores how the debates have emerged from basic philosophical and cultural ideas and developes comparative connections.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hol053/99048812.htmlContributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol058/99048812.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol057/99048812.html