TY  - BOOK
AU  - Butler,Christopher
TI  - Postmodernism: a very short introduction 
SN  - 9780192802392 (pbk.)
AV  - NX456.5.P66 B88 2002
U1  - 700.4113 CHR 23
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Postmodernism
N1  - "First published as a Very Short Introduction 2002"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references p. 129-131) and index; 1. The rise of postmodernism
2. New ways of seeing the world
3. Politics and identity
4. The culture of postmodernism
5. The 'postmodern condition'
N2  - "Postmodernism has been a buzzword in contemporary society for the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists, and their engagement with theory, literature, the visual arts, film, architecture, and music. He treats artists, intellectuals, critics, and social scientists as if they were all members of a loosely constituted and quarrelsome political party - a party which includes such members as Cindy Sherman, Salman Rushdie, Jacques Derrida, Walter Abish, and Richard Rorty - creating a vastly entertaining framework in which to unravel the mysteries of the postmodern condition from the politicizing of museum culture to the cult of the politically correct."
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0613/2002027051-t.html
ER  -