post modernism the useful bits
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An overview of the most useful bits of Postmodernism for A2 Communications and Culture Theoretical Perspectives.TRANSCRIPT
Postmodernism
The useful bits
Image Rich
Culture.
End of Grand
Narratives.
Fractured Identity.
Intertextuality.
Image Rich
Representations dominate
Simulacra; everything is
a copy.
Hyperreality
Style over Substance
Boundaries between high
culture and popular culture no longer fixed.
Fractured Identity
Certainties of class, gender, place fading
Globalisation and the Internet.
Ethnicity, race, sexuality age recognised as
significant
Emphasis on lifestyle
means identity is dynamic
End of Grand
Narratives
Decline of Traditional
Religion
Relative Truth
Political Cynicism
Science and Technology
fallible.
Authority is untrustworthy
Marxism, Capitalism are flawed
Morality is Personal
Intertextuality
Irony and the
knowing audience
Play
Pastiche
Bricolage
Postmodernism at the V&Ahttp://vimeo.com/32207784
Koyaanisqatsihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz_R2y1oAzw
Moe talks about Postmodernismhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdO9orWQ-Nk&feature=related
Wayne’s World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN_VgVEZD0k&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLCC0C06A86EB27083