Modernity and postmodern culture /
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| Author / Creator: | McGuigan, Jim. |
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| Imprint: | Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1999. |
| Description: | x, 177 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Issues in cultural and media studies |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3859604 |
| Summary: | This work represents an introduction to claims concerning the postmodernization of culture and society. Contemporary culture may be postmodern in the sense of fluidity of meaning, changing power relations and commodification in art, entertainment and everyday life, but modernity persists in the dynamics of capitalist civilization. The book also considers the theories of Baudrillard, Beck, Castells, Giddens, and Lyotard, along with specific issues concerning architecture, theme parks, screen culture, and science and technology. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 177 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-164) and index. |
| ISBN: | 033519916X 0335199151 |
