2. Post- Modernism
prefix which time of belief in
means “after” an absolute
universal truth
= after the time
of belief in an absolute universal truth

3. Modernism Postmodernism
Industrial Revolution Period of mass
media
Laments Celebrates
fragmentation fragmentation
Works of art can Works of art cannot
provide meaning to provide meaning to
the world the meaningless
world
Learn things to know Learn things to use
them them

4. Failure of Industrial Revolution,
WWII and Poverty (1900-1940s)
Revolt against
dehumanization of industrialism
Sense that Western culture
had lost its bearings & values

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Failure of Industrial Revolution,
WWII and Poverty (1900-1940s)
Exposure of hypocritical
moralism of Christianity
Popularization of Charles
Darwin’s evolutionary theory

6. The Year of Student
Revolution (1968)
Architectural student rebellion
against modernist teachers
“Break the rules!
Mix up styles!
Play with space!
Defy gravity if you like!”

7. Space Race
(1950s)
Identity
Movements:
Feminism and
Black Power
(1960s)
Beatles (1963)

8. JFK Assassination
(1963)
Culture Wars:
Debates over
Canonical Inclusion
(1980s)
Release of
Michael Jackson’s
Thriller (1983)

9. “Postmodernism is
incredulity towards
Meta-narratives.”
Jean-Francois Lyotard,
The Postmodern Condition
(1979)

10. There is no true worldview.
Knowledge is the result of
culture and language.
Reality is from our individual
interpretation.
Notions regarded as universal
are mere social constructs.

11. Deconstruction
by Jacques Derrida
Texts are incapable
of conveying truth
about objective
reality
Released text ends
the author’s
ownership

12. Iconoclasm: anti-cultural
standards
Groundless: anti-final
interpretation
Formlessness: anti-influential
metaphor
Populism: anti-restriction

13. CONSUMER CAPITALISM
Global economy
Outsourcing and free
trade agreements
Decline in
manufacturing
Rise in unemployment
Increase in part-time
flexible and home
working

15. LIMITLESS
Nonlinearity
Multiplestyles, multiple goals
Seemingly disjointed
Influence of digital
technology

16. Marilyn Monroe by Andi Warhol

17. Playing with Gods by Morimura Yasumasa

18. How Mali Lost Her Accent by Pacita Abad

19. Cocktail Party by Sandy Skoglund

20. Wrapped Trees

21. BOLD AESTHETICS
Styles collide
New ways of viewing
familiar styles
Artists call attention to their
environment rather than to
themselves

22. Guggenheim Museum by Frank Gehry

23. Dancing House by Vlado Milunic

24. DG Bank Building by Hans Schober

25. Royal Ontario Museum by William Thorsell

26. Food Theater Café by Daniel Libeskind

27. MULTICULTURALISM
Breakdown of cultural
boundaries
Discussing sex is not a taboo
Can be in any religion and still
recognize others

28. King of Talk Boy Abunda
Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel Playboy
Gay Marriage Baz Luhrman’s Romeo and Juliet Barack Obama

29. HYPERREALITY
More real than reality itself
Reality as entertainment
Refers to other texts and
assumes familiarity
Emphasis on image and style
rather than meaning

30. The Matrix Homer Simpson as Da Vinci’s Human Body
Spiderman Kiss in Shrek Reality TV

31. Madonna
Lady Gaga

32. TECHNOPOLY
Revolves around Cyberspace
and Virtual Reality
Social interactions happen
online
Cocooning - people cannot
live without computer

33. Social Networking
Cyber Bullying
Vatican’s Youtube Account

34. Cocooning

35. ‘There is no absolute
truth’ is a statement that
claims
to be absolutely true.
Therefore,
Postmodernism refutes
itself.

36. The deconstruction
of foundational
views will lead to
recognition and
acceptance of a
pluralistic
worldview.

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38. Rejects boundaries
Deliberately violates standards
of sense and decency
Shows constant struggle:
man vs. man, man vs. self and
man vs. society
Creation of intrusive breaks
and ironies

39. Irony, playfulness, black
humor
Pastiche
Metafiction
Paranoia
Temporal distortion
Intertextuality

40. Joseph Heller
 Known for his satires and
playwrights
 Works center on the lives of
various members of the middle
class
Catch 22
 Has a non-chronological style
 Events are described from
different points -of-view so that
the time line develops along
with the plot

41. Kurt Vonnegut
 Known for using Pastiche in his
works
 Blends satire, black comedy,
and science fiction to create
novels
Breakfast of Champions
 Uses paranoia
 Has a character who becomes
violent when he imagines
people as robots while he
remains as the only human

42. Thomas Pynchon
 Known for fictional writing over
many different subjects such as
science, mathematics and
history
The Crying of Lot 49
 Uses humorous wordplay while
discussing serious subjects
 Has comic character names
(e.g. Mike Fallopian, Stanley
Koteks and Dr. Hilarius)

43. Amy Tan
 Known for writing works which
explore mother-daughter
relationships
The Kitchen God’s Wife
 Challenges the dominant
narratives of contemporary
society about who matters
and who does not

44. Jessica Hagedorn
 Known for works with a
collision of cultures, the saga
of immigration, cultural
meltdown and renewal
Dogeaters
 Uses a whirlwind pastiche of life
in the Philippines just before the
fall of the Marcos regime

45. Nick Carbo
 Editor
of the groundbreaking
anthology of Filipino and Filipino
American poetry, Returning A
Borrowed Tongue
Secret Asian Man
 Uses a hilarious yet heartbreaking
look at the immigrant experience
 Revolves on a hero who
becomes a spy, sniffing out the
criminals of America's racist pop
culture and Iiterary canon

46. Miguel Syjuco
 Locallyand Internationally
acclaimed Filipino writer
 2008 winner of Palanca Awards
Grand Prize for English Novel and
Man Asian Literary Prize
Ilustrado
 Names a character after the
author himself who investigates
to discover the truth behind the
death of renowned writer
Crispin Salvador

47. How is Postmodernism related
to Popular Culture?
Postmodernism Popular Culture
birth of individual mass commercial
interpretations of culture
reality
Cultural commodities which have
resources that people can consume to
give meaning to their social identity and
relations become popular.

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