Although many elements remain highly debatable, postmodern art forms contain similar attitudes and views concerning society, media, and art itself. The means by which they convey the attitudes and ideas also provide other common aspects which can be used as a basis for classification. One final and perhaps most ironic aspect of postmodernism today is pastiche. In other words, pastiche is the process of imitating a particular style of either a particular author or genre. Pastiche while borrowing others ideas, styles or particularities does not constitute plagiarism.
Music provides several examples of Pastiche without plagiarism.
Rap music, for example, demonstrates the drastically different ways music can be interpreted. Yet, several rap artists use the musical background of country songs. The music than has gone through an artistic facelift and becomes a separate, yet viable entity. Awakening and reinterpreting older predecessors in art does not come without disadvantages and fears, however. The preceding question exemplifies one of the problems of pastiche.