The postmodern presence
Subtitle: readings on postmodernism in American culture and society
By: edited by Arthur Asa Berger.
Contributors: Berger, Arthur Asa, 1933-
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Postmodernism -- Social aspects -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-312) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Homo postmodernus : a new kind of human being? / Arthur Asa Berger; title: Postmodernity and popular culture / Greg Miller & Michael Real; title: Our decentered culture : the postmodern worldview / Jack Solomon; title: Spy guide to postmodern everything / Bruce Handy; title: Postmodernism : roots and politics / Todd Gitlin; title: Themed environments of everyday life / Mark Gottdiener; title: Postmodern/postmuseum? / Arthur Asa Berger; title: The Westin Bonaventure Hotel / Fredric Jameson; title: Wayne's world / Jason Rutter; title: Not your parents' FBI : the X-files and "Jose Chung from outer space" / Eileen Meehan; title: The terminator : a case study in high tech paranoia / Arthur Asa Berger; title: MTV : post-structural post-modern / John Fiske; title: MTV : the (dis)appearance of postmodern semiosis, or the cultural politics of resistance / Kuan-Hsing Chen; title: Higher education at the end of the millenium / Peter Sacks; title: Fashion in the face of postmodernity / Charlotta Kratz & Bo Reimer; title: Postmodernism and jokes / N.J.C. Vasantkumar; title: Being analog / Carol Wilder; title: Postmodern virtualities / Mark Poster; title: Teledildonics and beyond / Howard Rheingold; title: Exploring modernity / Steven Best & Douglas Kellner; title: America / Jean Baudrillard.