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Postmodernism's end' is a complex and contentious topic. Yet, one overarching consensus emerges: the postmodern has been surpassed. This book poses a thought experiment challenging this position what if postmodernism persists within the twenty-first century?

Rather than designate a new epoch or coherent movement, this book interrogates the fragmented, contradictory, and counterintuitive endurance of postmodern aesthetics within post-Cold War America. An alternative use of postmodern aesthetics becomes possible when they are decoupled from their twentieth-century historical location. Collectively, these repetitions posit a postmodern continuum, contrasting the widely called-for succession of postmodernism via this decoupling. When postmodern aesthetics are no longer unconsciously repeated within their cultural moment, this emergent shift within a period after' postmodernism presents an alternative historical positioning and use. After their cultural vanguard, postmodern aesthe

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: 1/19/2024
      ISBN13: 9781032556000, 978-1032556000
      ISBN10: 1032556005
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      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Postmodernism's end' is a complex and contentious topic. Yet, one overarching consensus emerges: the postmodern has been surpassed. This book poses a thought experiment challenging this position what if postmodernism persists within the twenty-first century?

      Rather than designate a new epoch or coherent movement, this book interrogates the fragmented, contradictory, and counterintuitive endurance of postmodern aesthetics within post-Cold War America. An alternative use of postmodern aesthetics becomes possible when they are decoupled from their twentieth-century historical location. Collectively, these repetitions posit a postmodern continuum, contrasting the widely called-for succession of postmodernism via this decoupling. When postmodern aesthetics are no longer unconsciously repeated within their cultural moment, this emergent shift within a period after' postmodernism presents an alternative historical positioning and use. After their cultural vanguard, postmodern aesthe

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