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The Postmodernist Turn
American Thought and Culture in the 1970s
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2004
Summary
During the 1970s, the United States became the world's preeminent postindustrial society. The new conditions changed the way Americans lived and worked, and even their perceptions of reality. Americans struggled to find their place in a world where symbol became more important than fact, appearance more important than reality, where image supplanted essence.
In this reassessment of a little studied decade, J. David Hoeveler, Jr., finds that the sense of detachment and dislocation that characterizes the postindustrial society serves as a paradigm for American thought and culture in the 1970s. The book examines major developments in literary theory, philosophy, architecture, and painting as expressions of a 1970s consciousness. Hoeveler also explores the rival "political" readings of these subjects and considers the postmodernist phenomenon as it became an ideological battleground in the decade. Clear and engaging, the work will be of great interest to historians, theorists, and everyone who wants to further explore the 1970s.
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Edition
1/2004
Copyright Year
2004
ISBN-Print
978-0-7425-4200-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-4521-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
227
Product Type
Monograph
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Foreword No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgements No access
One: Postindustrialism No access Pages 1 - 14
Two: Wars of Words No access Pages 15 - 34
Three: Reading Left No access Pages 35 - 53
Four: Postmodernism I, Painting No access Pages 54 - 75
Five: Postmodernism II, Architecture No access Pages 76 - 99
