{"product_id":"postmodernism-and-its-others-jeffrey-ebbeson-9780415802925","title":"Postmodernism and its Others: The Fiction of Ishmael Reed, Kathy Acker, and Don DeLillo","description":"The book analyzes Ishmael Reed [\u003cem\u003eMumbo Jumbo\u003c\/em\u003e], Kathy Acker [\u003cem\u003eThe Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec by Henri Toulouse\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLautrec\u003c\/em\u003e], and Don Delillo [\u003cem\u003eWhite Noise\u003c\/em\u003e], three authors whom critics cite as quintessentially postmodern. For these critics such works possess formal narrative and\/or content qualities at odds with modernism. In particular, according to influential thinkers like Fredric Jameson, postmodern works possess narrative form and\/or content which eschews reality, and embody a fundamental paradigm shift from the politically committed ideology of modernity and modernism to the politically relativistic ideology of postmodernity and postmodernism. \u003cbr\u003eThe book contends that while the above authors do possess numerous so-called \"postmodern\" qualities, their critical forms and\/or contents remain ethically and politically grounded. As most postmodern theory rejects such grounding, its discovery in these prototypical postmodern novels suggests problems with the \"postmodern\" category itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey Ebbeson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 041580292X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415802925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Jeffrey Ebbeson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483490005247,"sku":"9780415802925","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1f08491a-928e-4634-9f4b-df4ae539f52d.jpg?v=1778038967","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/postmodernism-and-its-others-jeffrey-ebbeson-9780415802925","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}