Postmodernism, Twenty-First Century Culture, and American Fiction: Establishing the Continuum

di Matt Graham (Autore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2024

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 aesthetics become a confrontation of the chaotic realism of an inescapable post-Cold War capitalism, tapping into this cultural zeitgeist through literature.

• Autore: Matt Graham
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Routledge Research in American Literature and Culture
• Anno: 2024
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 230 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 600 gr.
• EAN: 9781032556000

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