Postmodern Arts: An Introductory Reader

<p>For better or worse modernism and postmodernism are now the two most comprehensive and influential terms applied to twentieth-century culture. <em>The Postmodern Arts</em> begins by establishing definitions of both words while also demonstrating the inconsistencies and contradictions which are inherent within them.<br> As with all books in the Critical Readers in Theory and Practice series the volume is divided into two halves: the first a comprehensive and thorough introduction by the editor offering a schematic survey of the major themes and positions taken in the debates around modernism and postmodernism. The second is a collection of pertinent essays grouped into four sections to demonstrate how the debates have been applied to specific cultural activities:<br> * Popular Culture<br> * Architecture and Visual Arts<br> * Literature<br> * Documentary Film</p>