Framing the Margins: The Social Logic of Postmodern Culture

by Phillip Brian Harper

Book Overview

This dramatic rereading of postmodernism seeks to broaden current theoretical conceptions of the movement as both a social-philosophical condition and a literary and cultural phenomenon. Phil Harper contends that the fragmentation considered to be characteristic of the postmodern age can in fact be traced to the status of marginalized groups in the United States since long before the contemporary era. This status is reflected in the work of American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195082397
• ISBN13: 9780195082395
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"