Readings for today
- Jean Baudrillard, "The Precession of Simulacra" in the RED book.
- bell hooks, "Postmodern Blackness" in the RED book.
- Recommended: Giuliana Bruno, "Ramble City: Postmodernism and Blade Runner", October, Vol. 41, Summer, 1987, pp. 61-74.
- Guide: Prof Ron Strickland's Modernity/Postmodernity charts (very helpful)
- Guide: Introduction to Fredric Jameson, Parts 1 & 2 (postmodernism & pastiche) by Dino Felluga.
- Guide: Lecture notes on postmodernism from Dr. Mary Klages at the University of Colorado (very helpful).
- Guide: John Storey, "Postmodernism" in Cultural Theory and Popular Culture.
- Cornel West, "Black Postmodernist Practices," in the RED book
- Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge, Manchester University Press, 1984 (originally published in 1979). The first five chapters are accessible through the link.
- Fredric Jameson, "Marxism and Postmodernism," New Left Review, Issue #176, July-August 1989, pp. 31-45.
- J. L. Lemke, "What is Postmodernism, and Why is it Saying All These Terrible Things?"
- Carol A. Stabile, "Postmodernism, Feminism, and Marx: Notes from the Abyss," Monthly Review, Issue 47:3, July-August 1995, pp. 89-108.
- Seyla Benhabib, "Feminism and Postmodernism: An Uneasy Alliance," in Feminist Contentions: A Philosophical Exchange, ed. Seyla Benhabib, Judith Butler, Drucilla Cornell, Nancy Fraser, with an introduction by Linda Nicholson, pp. 1-16.
- David Harvey, "Flexible Accumulation through Urbanization Reflections on 'Post-Modernism' in the American City," Perspecta, Vol. 26: Theater, Theatricality, and Architecture, 1990, pp. 251-272.
- bell hooks, "Postmodern Blackness," Postmodern Culture, Vol. 1, no. 1, Sep. 1990.
- Paul Buhle, "America: Post-Modernity?" New Left Review, Issue #180, March-April 1990, pp. 163-175.
- Douglas Kellner (with Robert J. Antonio),"Modernity and Social Theory: The Limits of Postmodern Critique." Published elsewhere as "Postmodern Social Theory: Contributions and Limitations" in Postmodernism and Social Inquiry, edited by David Dickens and Andrea Fontana. Guilford Press: 1994, pp. 127-152.
- Questions: Fredric Jameson on Postmodernism
