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Paperback. Literature today is a very different concept from that of only a generation ago, and this difference is attributed usually to a postmodernisma . Most radical of all is the possibility that the very notion of literature is rendered untenable by postmodernism. Editor(s): Lucy, Niall. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631210283
- ISBN
- 9780631210283
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Condition: New
€ 62.72
€ 62.72
Paperback. * Introduces complex arguments in lively accessible form. * Deals with key contemporary theorists and historicizes postmodernism, back from Heidegger to Hobbes, and to its eighteenth--century origins. * Discusses postmodern fiction by such authors as Acker, Auster, Barth, and Pynchon. . Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200017
- ISBN
- 9780631200017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.04
€ 60.04
Paperback. This study examines the work of five key philosophical figures from the 19th and 20th centuries through the lens of their own postmodern readings of Plato. It offers a perspective on the relation between the Western philosophical tradition and the evolving postmodern enterprise. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226993317
- ISBN
- 9780226993317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.40
€ 37.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. Analyzes contemporary texts that bond together two seemingly antithetical sensibilities: the sentimental and the postmodern. This book presents case studies of audience responses to "The Piano", "Kiss of the Spider Woman", and "Northern Exposure". It argues that sentimental postmodernism deepened leftist political engagement. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534798
- ISBN
- 9781557534798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.13
€ 58.13
hardcover. These 15 essays engage topics from architecture to politics and from fast food to film, aiming to reveal the problems and potential of postmodern cultural criticism. It looks at the value and limits of postmodernist approaches to present-day society and culture. Editor(s): Carmichael, Thomas; Lee, Alison. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780875802510
- ISBN
- 9780875802510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.61
€ 51.61
Paperback. An introduction to Postmodernism, drawing on everything from the Nike culture of branded America to the groundbreaking theories of Derrida and Baudrillard. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations, bibliog. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851683383
- ISBN
- 9781851683383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.42
€ 13.99
€ 11.42
Paperback. The last 100 years has seen science deal with issues outside itself, communicate with the public and try to answer questions long considered the province of religion. A collection of accessible essays exploring the big questions of contemporary science. Editor(s): Appignanesi, Richard. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 276. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0001111
- ISBN
- 9781840463514
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Starts from the assumption that, whether we like it or not, we live in a postmodern environment, one characterized by turbulence, fluidity, relativity, commotion, uncertainty, and lightning-fast communication and change. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813216843
- ISBN
- 9780813216843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.69
€ 85.69
hardcover. A theory is outlined which distinguishes between the meanings of a music and some culture-insensitive element that interacts with context to produce the effect cultural relativists and postmodern ethnomusicologist cannot adequately explicate through their notion of an insider-outsider dichotomy. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index, chronology, footnotes. BIC Classification: AVA; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810841222
- ISBN
- 9780810841222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.69
€ 73.69
Paperback. Postmodernist theory has heavily influenced the study of history over the years. Willie Thompson offers a clear, jargon-free introduction to the theory by presenting its key ideas and by showing how it has influenced the study of history. Series: Theory & History. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333963395
- ISBN
- 9780333963395
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.41
€ 37.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Miyoshi, Masao; Harootunian, Harry. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554. 312 pages. Editor(s): Harootunian, H.D. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 24. Weight: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822308966
- ISBN
- 9780822308966
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.27
€ 31.99
€ 28.27
paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816614684
- ISBN
- 9780816614684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.09
€ 27.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. This volume contains contributions from social theorists which debate the relative merits of the modernist and post-modernist approach to social enquiry, examining the relations between science, crtitique and narrative. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557862846
- ISBN
- 9781557862846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.28
€ 54.28
Paperback. A collection of essays focusing on postmoderism as a concept and its relevance to a number of issues of concern to contemporary society, including the areas of politics, feminism, architecture, fashion and the visual arts. Editor(s): Boyne, Roy; Rattansi, Ali. Series: Communications & Culture S. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 397. Very good clean copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0004733
- ISBN
- 9780333475119
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This is the first book to collect the most important contributions to the theory of the postmodern novel over the last forty years and to guide readers through the complex questions and wide-ranging debates. The selections in this book will enable readers to place the theory of postmodern fiction in a broader intellectual and cultural context. Editor(s): Nicol, Bran. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 246 x 30. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748614790
- ISBN
- 9780748614790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.02
€ 41.99
€ 37.02
Paperback. '[A] critique of postmodernism - and an important..provocative book.' Labour Left Briefing Num Pages: 344 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780745307497
- ISBN
- 9780745307497
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.34
€ 40.99
€ 31.34
Paperback. Postmodernism has been a buzzword of 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. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192802392
- ISBN
- 9780192802392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.66
€ 11.99
€ 10.66
Paperback. Jameson's study of the cultural, political and social implications of postmodernism. Num Pages: 449 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Number of pages
- 449
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860915379
- ISBN
- 9780860915379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.22
€ 25.99
€ 23.22
Paperback. Featuring summaries of postmodernisma s greatest literary, cultural, and political champions written by a diverse group of scholars, Postmodernism: The Key Figures captures the dominance of a theoretical paradigm that has done nothing less than re--define the very terms of our knowledge and experience. Editor(s): Bertens, Hans; Natoli, Joseph. Num Pages: 400 pages, 0. BIC Classification: GBC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631217978
- ISBN
- 9780631217978
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 53.85
€ 53.99
€ 53.85
Paperback. Considers the work of the most influential postmodern theorists, including Lyotard and Jameson, and offers accounts both of the work of newly emerging theorists and new areas of postmodernist culture which have developed over the years, especially in law, music, dance, spatial theory, ethnography, ecology, and the new technologies. Num Pages: 340 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200529
- ISBN
- 9780631200529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.03
€ 55.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415045131
- ISBN
- 9780415045131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.78
€ 50.78
Hardback. When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression. Modern civilization depends upon the constraint of impulse, the limiting of self expression. Today, in the time of modernity, Bauman argues, Freuda s analysis no longer holds good, if it ever did. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745617909
- ISBN
- 9780745617909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.14
€ 71.14
Paperback. When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression. Modern civilization depends upon the constraint of impulse, the limiting of self expression. Today, in the time of modernity, Bauman argues, Freuda s analysis no longer holds good, if it ever did. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745617916
- ISBN
- 9780745617916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.40
€ 25.40
Paperback. Contests the prevailing understanding of the relationship between postmodernity and Latin America by focusing on developments in Latin American, and particularly Argentine, political and literary culture. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822315209
- ISBN
- 9780822315209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.03
€ 28.03