Search Results - "postmodernism"

Romance and readership in twentieth century France by Holmes, Diana, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…A feminine genre, romance and women -- Passion, piety, and the new woman: romantic fiction at the Belle Epoque -- Reaction and resistance, romance in the 1930's and under the Occupation -- Love in a brave new world, romance in the 1950's -- Romance after feminism -- Love in a postmodern age, contemporary romance in France.…”
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The logics of globalization studies in international communication / by Kavoori, Anandam P.

Table of Contents: “…The word and the world : defining the IC prism -- Singing in a (new) nation : the early films of Raj Kapoor -- Time to kill : gaming and terrorism -- Tracking the "authentic" : world music and the global postmodern -- Playing with postcoloniality : four moments in Indian cricket -- Consuming technologies : the discourse of cell phone advertising in India.…”
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More than fifteen minutes of fame the changing face of screen performance / by Miller, Ken, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Performance, realism and the search beneath and beyond the "simple truth" 25 -- Dislodging the self: from authentic individual to postmodern performing subject -- Schizo performances and Mobius formations -- The self-reflexive (screen) performing subject -- Sadie Benning and Jonathan Caouette -- Performances of mediatized actuality -- Space as screen performance space.…”
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The logics of globalization studies in international communication / by Kavoori, Anandam P.

Table of Contents: “…The word and the world : defining the IC prism -- Singing in a (new) nation : the early films of Raj Kapoor -- Time to kill : gaming and terrorism -- Tracking the "authentic" : world music and the global postmodern -- Playing with postcoloniality : four moments in Indian cricket -- Consuming technologies : the discourse of cell phone advertising in India.…”
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More than fifteen minutes of fame the changing face of screen performance / by Miller, Ken, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Performance, realism and the search beneath and beyond the "simple truth" 25 -- Dislodging the self: from authentic individual to postmodern performing subject -- Schizo performances and Mobius formations -- The self-reflexive (screen) performing subject -- Sadie Benning and Jonathan Caouette -- Performances of mediatized actuality -- Space as screen performance space.…”
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Cultural Revolutions : Reason Versus Culture in Philosophy, Politics, and Jihad / by Cahoone, Lawrence E., 1954-

Table of Contents: “…-- Modernity : culture of reason or reason against culture? -- Postmodernity : too much culture or not enough? -- Playing reality -- Why there is no problem of cultural relativism -- What is the opposite of jihad? …”
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Romance and readership in twentieth century France by Holmes, Diana, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…A feminine genre, romance and women -- Passion, piety, and the new woman: romantic fiction at the Belle Epoque -- Reaction and resistance, romance in the 1930's and under the Occupation -- Love in a brave new world, romance in the 1950's -- Romance after feminism -- Love in a postmodern age, contemporary romance in France.…”
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Cultural Revolutions : Reason Versus Culture in Philosophy, Politics, and Jihad / by Cahoone, Lawrence E., 1954-

Table of Contents: “…-- Modernity : culture of reason or reason against culture? -- Postmodernity : too much culture or not enough? -- Playing reality -- Why there is no problem of cultural relativism -- What is the opposite of jihad? …”
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Race and ethnicity in Latin America by Wade, Peter, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…The meaning of 'race' and 'ethnicity' -- Blacks and indigenous people in Latin America -- Early approaches to blacks and indigenous people, 1920s to 1960s -- Inequality and situational identity : the 1970s -- Blacks and indigenous people in the postmodern and postcolonial nation--and beyond -- Black and indigenous social movements -- Studying race and ethnicity in a postcolonial and reflexive world.…”
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Introduction to politics and society by Best, Shaun

Table of Contents: “…Power, Authority and the State -- 3. Postmodern Politics -- 4. Marxist and Elite Theories of Power -- 5. …”
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Chang'an Avenue and the modernization of Chinese architecture by Yu, Shuishan

Table of Contents: “…The History of Chang'an Avenue in an Urban Context -- National versus Modern: The 1950s -- Collective Creation: The 1964 Chang'an Avenue Planning -- Modernization in a Postmodern World: The 1970s and 1980s -- Collage without Planning: Toward the New Millennium -- Chang'an Avenue and the Axes of Beijing -- Conclusion: Chang'an Avenue in a Global Context.…”
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Race and ethnicity in Latin America by Wade, Peter, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…The meaning of 'race' and 'ethnicity' -- Blacks and indigenous people in Latin America -- Early approaches to blacks and indigenous people, 1920s to 1960s -- Inequality and situational identity : the 1970s -- Blacks and indigenous people in the postmodern and postcolonial nation--and beyond -- Black and indigenous social movements -- Studying race and ethnicity in a postcolonial and reflexive world.…”
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Introduction to politics and society by Best, Shaun

Table of Contents: “…Power, Authority and the State -- 3. Postmodern Politics -- 4. Marxist and Elite Theories of Power -- 5. …”
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Chang'an Avenue and the modernization of Chinese architecture by Yu, Shuishan

Table of Contents: “…The History of Chang'an Avenue in an Urban Context -- National versus Modern: The 1950s -- Collective Creation: The 1964 Chang'an Avenue Planning -- Modernization in a Postmodern World: The 1970s and 1980s -- Collage without Planning: Toward the New Millennium -- Chang'an Avenue and the Axes of Beijing -- Conclusion: Chang'an Avenue in a Global Context.…”
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How do we know? understanding in science and theology /

Table of Contents: “…The role of understanding in human nature -- The origins of science and religion: why do people have the beliefs that they do? -- From modern to postmodern conceptions of knowledge - where do we stand today? …”
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How do we know? understanding in science and theology /

Table of Contents: “…The role of understanding in human nature -- The origins of science and religion: why do people have the beliefs that they do? -- From modern to postmodern conceptions of knowledge - where do we stand today? …”
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Fiction refracts science modernist writers from Proust to Borges / by Thiher, Allen, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : prefatory thoughts on two or more cultures -- What the modernists knew about the history of science from Pascal to Heisenberg -- Robert Musil and the dilemma of modernist epistemology -- Proust, Poincaré, and contingency -- Kafka's search for laws -- James Joyce and the laws of everything -- Modernist thought experiments after Joyce -- Conclusion : science and postmodernity.…”
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Fiction refracts science modernist writers from Proust to Borges / by Thiher, Allen, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : prefatory thoughts on two or more cultures -- What the modernists knew about the history of science from Pascal to Heisenberg -- Robert Musil and the dilemma of modernist epistemology -- Proust, Poincaré, and contingency -- Kafka's search for laws -- James Joyce and the laws of everything -- Modernist thought experiments after Joyce -- Conclusion : science and postmodernity.…”
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For the sake of heaven and earth the new encounter between Judaism and Christianity / by Greenberg, Irving, 1933-

Table of Contents: “…On the road to a new encounter between Judaism and Christianity: a personal journey -- Covenantal partners in a postmodern world -- The new encounter of Judaism and Christianity -- New revelations and new patterns -- Toward an organic model of the relationship -- The respective roles of the two faiths in the strategy of redemption -- Covenantal pluralism -- Pluralism and partnership -- Covenants of redemption.…”
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For the sake of heaven and earth the new encounter between Judaism and Christianity / by Greenberg, Irving, 1933-

Table of Contents: “…On the road to a new encounter between Judaism and Christianity: a personal journey -- Covenantal partners in a postmodern world -- The new encounter of Judaism and Christianity -- New revelations and new patterns -- Toward an organic model of the relationship -- The respective roles of the two faiths in the strategy of redemption -- Covenantal pluralism -- Pluralism and partnership -- Covenants of redemption.…”
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