{"product_id":"postmodernism-twentyfirst-century-culture-and-american-fiction-9781032556000","title":"Postmodernism TwentyFirst Century Culture and American Fiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePostmodernism'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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52084470186327,"sku":"9781032556000","price":123.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032556000.jpg?v=1762206478","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/postmodernism-twentyfirst-century-culture-and-american-fiction-9781032556000","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}