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The Cambridge companion to postmodernism / edited by Steven Connor.

Contributor(s): Connor, Steven, 1955-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Cambridge companions to literature.Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004Description: xii, 237 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0521640520; 0521648408.Subject(s): PostmodernismDDC classification: 149.97
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The Cambridge Companion to Postmodernism offers a comprehensive introduction to postmodernism. The Companion examines the different aspects of postmodernist thought and culture that have had a significant impact on contemporary cultural production and thinking. Topics discussed by experts in the field include postmodernism's relation to modernity, and its significance and relevance to literature, film, law, philosophy, architecture, religion and modern cultural studies. The volume also includes a useful guide to further reading and a chronology. This is an essential aid for students and teachers from a range of disciplines interested in postmodernism in all its incarnations. Accessible and comprehensive, this Companion addresses the many issues surrounding this elusive, enigmatic and often controversial topic.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-229) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Notes on contributors (p. vii)
  • Chronology (p. x)
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • 1 Postmodernism and philosophy (p. 20)
  • 2 Postmodernism and film (p. 43)
  • 3 Postmodernism and literature (p. 62)
  • 4 Postmodernism and art: postmodernism now and again (p. 82)
  • 5 Postmodernism and performance (p. 97)
  • 6 Postmodernism and space (p. 116)
  • 7 Science, technology, and postmodernism (p. 136)
  • 8 Postmodernism and post-religion (p. 168)
  • 9 Postmodernism and ethics against the metaphysics of comprehension (p. 182)
  • 10 Law and justice in postmodernity (p. 196)
  • Further reading (p. 224)
  • Index (p. 230)

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CHOICE Review

This volume will be an important resource for anyone interested in navigating the labyrinthine topic of postmodernism. Connor (modern literature and theory, Univ. of London, UK) has brought together a group of experts who offer useful information on postmodernism across a wide range of disciplines. Though not of equal merit, the essays are generally rewarding, and some are superb. This book's angle on postmodernism is refreshing. Rather than asking "What is postmodernism?" Connor asks "What has postmodernism been?" In his introduction, he proposes that postmodernism has developed through four distinct stages--accumulation, synthesis, autonomy, and dissipation---beginning in the 1970s and ongoing today. Most of the contributors follow this proposition by discussing the heyday of postmodernism in their particular field and also offering current outlooks. Connor's overview seems right, for it accommodates the disparity in "postmodern moments" among disciplines, for instance postmodernism coming early to architecture and literature and late to law and what the volume refers to as "post-religion." Though nicely interdisciplinary, the book neglects television and media studies. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers. E. T. Klaver Southern Illinois University Carbondale