04679oam 2200673I 450 991045042090332120200520144314.01-134-90087-20-415-07712-51-280-07499-X0-203-16833-X10.4324/9780203168332 (CKB)1000000000239095(StDuBDS)AH3703301(SSID)ssj0000283024(PQKBManifestationID)11194935(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283024(PQKBWorkID)10324357(PQKB)10582200(MiAaPQ)EBC179309(Au-PeEL)EBL179309(CaPaEBR)ebr10098607(CaONFJC)MIL7499(OCoLC)56317496(OCoLC)826514831(EXLCZ)99100000000023909520180331d1994 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrPostmodernism and popular culture a cultural history /John DockerCambridge ;New York :Cambridge University Press,1994.1 online resource (344 p. )10 b/w illusBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-415-07713-3 0-203-28426-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface; Introduction; Part I. Modernism in Conflict: 1. Architectural modernism; 2. Literary modernism; 3. Modernism versus popular literature; 4. The Frankfurt School versus Walter Benjamin; 5. Flowering of an orthodoxy; 6. Myths of origin; 1970's screen theory and literary history; Part II. Modernism and Postmodernism: 7. Architectural postmodernism: learning from Las Vegas; 8. From Las Vegas to Sydney; 9. Are we living in a Postmodern Age?; 10. Mapping Frederic Jameson's grand narrative; 11. From structuralism to postructuralism: Derrida; 12. Cultural studies; Transitional moments from modernism to postmodernism; Part III. Carnival: 13. Bakhtin's carnival; 14. Dilemmas of a world upside down; 15. Fools: carnival-theatre-Vaudeville-television; 16. Fool, trickster, social explorer - the detective; 17. Crime fiction as a changing genre; 18. Melodrama, farce, soap opera; 19. Melodrama in action: Prisoner or Cell Block H; Conclusion: Carnival and contemporary popular culture; Notes; Index.An intellectual adventure, this book engages with some of the most important academic debates of our time.In this provocative book, John Docker takes his readers on an intellectual adventure. The journey includes a tour of the history of modernism, consideration of the development of postmodernism, explanation of structuralism and poststructuralism and discussion of the debates around each. It combines polemical force with intellectual rigour, reclaiming popular culture from the forces opposed to it. In this provocative and timely book, John Docker takes his readers on an intellectual adventure. The journey includes an introductory guided tour of the history of modernism, consideration of the development of postmodernism, explanation of the difference between structuralism and poststructuralism and discussion of the debates and conflicts around each. Along the way readers will visit the architecture of Le Corbusier, take a ride on the Sydney monorail, watch Prisoner (Cell Block H) on TV, come into contact with Derrida, read some crime fiction and enter into the world of carnival. The book engages, in a stimulating and illuminating way, with some of the most important academic debates of our time. It combines polemical force with intellectual rigour, reclaiming popular culture from the forces opposed to it. John Docker's personal style and accessible prose will introduce postmodernism to many interested general readers and students intimidated by other dense, theoretical tracts. The breadth and intelligence of his cultural history will make the book essential reading for scholars, in a range of disciplines, around the world.Popular cultureStudy and teachingPopular culturePostmodernismPolitical aspectsPostmodernismSocial aspectsElectronic books.Popular cultureStudy and teaching.Popular culture.PostmodernismPolitical aspects.PostmodernismSocial aspects.700/.9/045Docker John.163452MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450420903321Postmodernism and popular culture484727UNINA01401nam1 22002891i 450 UON0041831120231205104811.43920130215g20072008 |0itac50 baitaIT|||| 1||||Opere e sentieria cura di Antonio Attisani e Mario BiaginiRomaBulzoni3 v.21 cm.001UON004175912001 ˆ1.: Il ‰Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richardstesti di Thomas Richards ... [et al.]a cura di Antonio Attisani e Mario Biagini210 RomaBulzoni2007. -451 p.[12] c. di tav.ill. ; 21 cm.1001UON004175942001 ˆ2.: ‰Jerzy Grotowskitesti 1968-1998a cura di Antonio Attisani e Mario Biagini210 RomaBulzoni2007215 127 p.21 cm.2001UON004175952001 ˆ3.: ‰Testimonianze e riflessioni sull'arte come veicoloa cura di Antonio Attisani e Mario Biagini210 RomaBulzoni2008215 213 p.21 cm.3GROTOWSKI JERZYUONC043938FIITRomaUONL000004792.092Rappresentazioni sceniche. Persone associate al soggetto21AttisaniAntonioUONV128450BIAGINIMarioUONV179786BulzoniUONV265597650ITSOL20250523RICAUON00418311Opere e sentieri1031598UNIOR