Over 30 years ago‚ C. Wright Mills (1959) described the post-modern period as one in which the economy would shift employment from heavy industry to non-unionized clerical‚ service‚ and new industrial sectors. He foresaw the rise of multinational corporations‚ trouble in the social welfare system‚ and decline in human freedom and choice. At that time he wondered how the human family would respond to and adjust to this new period in world history. Post-modernism‚ by no means simple to define‚ is
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¡§Texts both inform us of the social identities available to us‚ and problematize them; both police our social selves and subvert them.¡¨ Both texts‚ The Crying Game by Neil Jordan and Loaded by Christos Tsiolkas‚ use characters within the discourse to project social identities that have been problematized due to social constraints. Throughout this essay‚ I will focus on sexuality‚ as this type of social identity has been depicted as a central theme in both texts. The characters
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P.U. 173/66 COMPANIES REGULATIONS‚ 1966 SECOND SCHEDULE (Regulation 3) [pic] FORM 49. Return Giving Particulars In Register Of Directors‚ Managers And Secretaries And Changes Of Particulars. FORM 49 Companies Act‚ 1965 (Section 141(6) ) Company No. | | | RETURN GIVING PARTICULARS IN REGISTER OF DIRECTORS‚ MANAGERS AND SECRETARIES AND CHANGES OF PARTICULARS .......................... (NAME OF COMPANY) DIRECTORS* |Full Name § |National
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POSTMODERNISM AND MARKETING During the last ten years very limited number of terms have had a massive impact on almost all social disciplines as the term ‘‘postmodernity’’ has had. It would not be surprising that such a significant term has been the focus of a number of researches within a variety of disciplines. According to Firat‚ Sherry and Venkatesh (1994) ‘‘Debates and discussions regarding postmodernism‚ postmodern culture‚ and postmodernity have created some of the most prolific‚ heated
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Postmodernism in Atonement The novel Atonement deals with many cases of postmodernism. Atonement relates with postmodernism because it deals with mature matter‚ and serious subjects. Atonement relates with postmodernism because it changes the point of view of the narrator throughout the novel‚ rape is a big part of this novel; also family issues are displayed in Atonement‚ death is also twisted into the puzzle of Atonement. The narrator’s point of view changes throughout the novel. In the first
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Professor: Haim Deuel Lusky Postmodernism and Feminism The question of what happened to feminism during the postmodern times is not easily encapsulated in one phrase or idea as it is actually an amalgam of often purposely ambiguous and fluid ideas. One would have to start researching about postmodernism and what it means‚ let alone search about the history of feminism and its development. After one would research a little bit about postmodernism he or she would realize the knowledge
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define exactly what post-modernism is I shall firstly briefly consider some of the events and thinking that led up to the development of this particular school of social theory. I shall then consider some of the common strands of thinking in postmodernism concentrating mainly on the writings of Jean-Francois Lyotard and Jean Baudrillard. I shall then consider the view of David Harvey‚ a Marxist many consider to be writing in the postmodern tradition‚ who argues that post-modernism is just another
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Postmodernism pp. 6-12 Analysis: Seinfeld and Postmodernism pp. 12-17 Conclusion p.18 Methodology The connection between Seinfeld’s series and postmodernism was reviewed. In order to comprehend the topic it
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Hugvísindadeild Postmodernism and The Simpsons Intertextuality‚ Hyperreality and Critique of Metanarratives Ritgerð til B.A.-prófs Björn Erlingur Flóki Björnsson bjornfloki@gmail.com Kt. 110982-5779 Maí 2006 Abstract This essay offers a postmodernist reading of the popular television program The Simpsons‚ with special regard to the postmodern theories of intertexuality‚ hyperreality‚ and metanarratives. Before delving into The Simpsons‚ some major theoretical aspects of postmodernism in aesthetic
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CHAPTER 1 The concept of ‘Postmodernism’- A Theoretical Approach It is a cliché by now to say that we live in a postmodern world‚ and it is true that the word ’postmodern’ has become one of the most used‚ and abused‚ words in the language. Still‚ it is striking that not many people can say with assurance what this term actually means and involves. Some theorists suggest that ‘postmodernism’ refers to a mood or an attitude of mind‚ others define it as a literary‚ cultural
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