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 InfoWalnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, ©1998.
Description320 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 311-312) and indexes.
LCCN 97045393
ISBN076198979X
ISBN0761989803 (pbk.)