The postmodern presence : readings on postmodernism in American culture and society / edited by Arthur Asa Berger.
| Other author | Berger, Arthur Asa, 1933- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, ©1998. |
| Description | 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : Homo postmodernus : a new kind of human being? / Arthur Asa Berger -- Postmodernity and popular culture / Greg Miller & Michael Real -- Our decentered culture : the postmodern worldview / Jack Solomon -- Spy guide to postmodern everything / Bruce Handy -- Postmodernism : roots and politics / Todd Gitlin -- Themed environments of everyday life / Mark Gottdiener -- Postmodern/postmuseum? / Arthur Asa Berger -- The Westin Bonaventure Hotel / Fredric Jameson -- Wayne's world / Jason Rutter -- Not your parents' FBI : the X-files and "Jose Chung from outer space" / Eileen Meehan -- The terminator : a case study in high tech paranoia / Arthur Asa Berger -- MTV : post-structural post-modern / John Fiske -- MTV : the (dis)appearance of postmodern semiosis, or the cultural politics of resistance / Kuan-Hsing Chen -- Higher education at the end of the millenium / Peter Sacks -- Fashion in the face of postmodernity / Charlotta Kratz & Bo Reimer -- Postmodernism and jokes / N.J.C. Vasantkumar -- Being analog / Carol Wilder -- Postmodern virtualities / Mark Poster -- |
| Contents | Teledildonics and beyond / Howard Rheingold -- Exploring modernity / Steven Best & Douglas Kellner -- America / Jean Baudrillard. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-312) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 97045393 |
| ISBN | 076198979X |
| ISBN | 0761989803 (pbk.) |