Reconstructing postmodernism : critical debates /

Table of Contents: “…Self-identity and personhood in social analysis : the inadequacies of postmodernism and social constructionism / Derek Layder -- Cognitive relativism : between positivistic and relativistic thinking in the social sciences / Nicos Mouzelis -- An excursus in post-postmodern social science / Roger Sibeon -- Postmodern social theory and sociology : on symbolic exchange with a "dead" theory / George Ritzer and J. …”
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Modernity and postmodernity : knowledge, power and the self / by Delanty, Gerard, Sage Knowledge

Table of Contents: “…The discourses of modernity : enlightenment modernism and fin-de-siècle sociology -- Modernity and secularization : religion and the postmodern challenge -- The pathogenesis of modernity : the limits of the enlightenment -- The impossibility of modernity : cultural crystallization and the problem of contingenecy -- Rescueing modernity : the recovery of the social -- Postmodernism and the possibility of community -- From modernity to postmodernity : post-dialectics and the aestheticization of the social -- Further reflections : constructivism beyond postmodernity.…”
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Beyond modernism and postmodernism : essays on the politics of culture / by Berube, Maurice R., PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…PART I: INTELLECT: The rise of the postmodern intellectual -- The socially conscious university -- PART II: SCHOOLING: The education of Diane Ravitch -- The politics of school reform -- The politics of national standards -- The Post-Millennium blues: is it "the end of knowledge," too? …”
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The politics of postmodernity : an introduction to contemporary politics and culture / by Gibbins, John R., 1945-, Sage Knowledge

Table of Contents: “…Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- The Languages of Postmodernism -- Postmodernization -- Mass Media, Postmodernity and Everyday Life -- The Postmodern Self -- Lifestyle in Postmodernity -- Values, New Politics and New Social Movements -- The New State, Transnationalism and the International Order -- Postmodern Political Futures.…”
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Consumer culture and postmodernism / by Featherstone, Mike, Sage Knowledge

Table of Contents: “…Modern and Postmodern : Definitions and Interpretations ; Theories Of Consumer Culture; Towards a Sociology Of Postmodern Culture ; Cultural Change and Social Practice ; The Aestheticization of Everyday Life ; Lifestyle and Consumer Culture ; City Cultures and Postmodern Lifestyles ; Consumer Culture and Global Disorder ; Common Culture or Uncommon Cultures? …”
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Modern and postmodern social theorizing : bridging the divide / by Mouzelis, Nicos P., PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Bridges between modern and late/postmodern theorizing -- 9. Modernity : a non-Eurocentric conceptualization -- 10. …”
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The consumer society and the postmodern city / by Clarke, David B., 1964-, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Consumption controversies -- Everything you ever wanted to know about consumption, (but were afraid to ask Baudrillard) -- Consumption and the city, modern and postmodern -- Seduced and repressed : collective consumption revisited / with Michael G. …”
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Illness and culture in the postmodern age / by Morris, David B., PALCI EBSCO books

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Postmodernity in Spanish fiction and culture / by Agawu-Kakraba, Yaw B., 1960-

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Eco-impacts and the greening of postmodernity : new maps for communication studies, cultural studies and sociology / by Jagtenberg, Tom, 1950-, Sage Knowledge

Table of Contents: “…-- Ecological Exclusions -- Mapping Disciplinary Change -- Re-Addressing Postmodernity and the Eco-Post -- Changing Paradigms -- The Greening of Social Movements -- Living in the Biosphere -- Eco-Selves and De-Centered Identities -- Greening Media Studies -- Natural Histories and C S Theory Zones -- Aligning Media -- Debatable Divides and Boundary Crossings -- Contours of Knowledge -- Science and the Death of Economics -- Decentering Cartography -- Scientific Futuremaps and Ecocultural Projections.…”
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A thrice-told tale : feminism, postmodernism, and ethnographic responsibility / by Wolf, Margery

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Theorizing culture : an interdisciplinary critique after postmodernism / by PALCI EBSCO books

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Urban space, identity and postmodernity in 1980s Spain : rethinking the Movida / by Fuente, Maite Usoz de la, EBSCOhost books

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: La Luna de Madrid and la movida madrileña; 2 La Luna de Madrid and the City of Madrid: Reimagining and Reclaiming Urban Space; 3 La Luna de Madrid's Destabilization of Identity: Gender, Nationality, and the Individual; 4 Modernity and Postmodernity in and of La Luna de Madrid; 5 Conclusion: Towards a New Critical Approach to la movida; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Utopia limited : the sixties and the emergence of the postmodern / by DeKoven, Marianne, 1948-, Duke gender collection

Table of Contents: “…Modern to Postmodern -- Introduction: Modern, Sixties, Postmodern -- Modern to Postmodern in Herbert Marcuse -- Culture Industry to Popular Culture -- Culture Industry to Popular Culture in Mythologies -- Las Vegas Signs Taken for Wonders -- Loathing and Learning in Las Vegas -- Endnotes I: Sixties, Avant-Garde, Popular Culture -- Participatory Democracy to Postmodern Populism -- Participatory Democracy in Port Huron -- Paradise Then -- William Burroughs: Any Number Can Play -- Endnotes II: Sixties, Avant-Garde, Popular Culture -- Subject Politics -- Politics of the Self -- Laing's Politics of the Self -- Tell Me Lies About Vietnam -- Fire Next Time or Rainbow Sign -- Personal and Political -- Utopia Limited -- Conclusion: Post-Utopian Promise.…”
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Re-viewing reception : television, gender, and postmodern culture / by Joyrich, Lynne, 1959-, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Networking: Interlacing Feminism, Postmodernism, and Television Studies.…”
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Undoing culture : globalization, postmoderism and identity / by Featherstone, Mike, Sage Knowledge

Table of Contents: “…The Heroic Life and Everyday Life -- 5. Globalizing the Postmodern -- 6. Global and Local Cultures -- 7. Localism, Globalism and Cultural Identity -- 8. …”
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Re-enchanting nationalisms : rituals and remembrances in a postmodern age / by West, Brad, SpringerLink (Online service)

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Grasping the changing world : anthropological concepts in the postmodern era / by ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions, European Association of Social Anthropologists, ProQuest (Firm)

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Queering families : the postmodern partnerships of cisgender women and transgender men / by Pfeffer, Carla A., Oxford Scholarship Online

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Taking it big : developing sociological consciousness in postmodern times / by Dandaneau, Steven P., PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 -- Sociology,or Imaginative Reflections from Empirically Damaged Life; Part I -- Developing an Orientation to Self and Society; Chapter 2 -- The Big Picture,or a Brief Survey of Our Dying World; Chapter 3 -- The Small Picture,or Yesterday's Dystopias as Today's Everyday Life; Chapter 4 -- Toward a Postmodern Sociological Imagination and a Sociological Imagination for Postmodern Times; Part II -- Applying the Sociological Imagination: Three Models; Chapter 5 -- A Wrong Child: Analyzing the Unanalyzable; Chapter 6 -- Generation X: A Phantom Subject.…”
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