LEADER 04705oam 2200685I 450 001 9910783440303321 005 20230207223824.0 010 $a0-521-46598-2 010 $a1-134-90086-4 010 $a1-134-90087-2 010 $a0-415-07712-5 010 $a1-280-07499-X 010 $a0-203-16833-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203168332 035 $a(CKB)1000000000239095 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH3703301 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000283024 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11194935 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283024 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10324357 035 $a(PQKB)10582200 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC179309 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL179309 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10098607 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL7499 035 $a(OCoLC)56317496 035 $a(OCoLC)826514831 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000239095 100 $a20180331d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPostmodernism and popular culture $ea cultural history /$fJohn Docker 210 1$aCambridge ;$aNew York :$cCambridge University Press,$d1994. 215 $a1 online resource (344 p. )$c10 b/w illus 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-415-07713-3 311 $a0-203-28426-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface; 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. 330 8 $aAn intellectual adventure, this book engages with some of the most important academic debates of our time.$bIn 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. 606 $aPopular culture$xStudy and teaching 606 $aPopular culture 606 $aPostmodernism$xPolitical aspects 606 $aPostmodernism$xSocial aspects 615 0$aPopular culture$xStudy and teaching. 615 0$aPopular culture. 615 0$aPostmodernism$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aPostmodernism$xSocial aspects. 676 $a700/.9/045 700 $aDocker$b John.$0163452 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783440303321 996 $aPostmodernism and popular culture$9484727 997 $aUNINA