Modernity and Postmodern Culture (Issues in Cultural and Media Studies) - Hardcover
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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About the Author:
Jim McGuigan is a sociologist of culture at Loughborough University. His other books include Cultural Populism (1992), Culture and the Public Sphere (1996), Studying Culture (1993, 1997), Cultural Methodologies (1997) and Technocities (1999). He is on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Cultural Policy and Keywords - A Journal of Cultural Materialism.
Review:
"This powerful book makes many of its points through the use of case studies and examples...Rarely, if ever, has discussion of so wide a variety of approaches to learning been gathered together in a single volume" - British Journal of Educational Technology.
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- PublisherOpen University Pres
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 033519916X
- ISBN 13 9780335199167
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages177
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