The Meaning of Culture: Moving the Postmodern Critique Forward

by Kenneth Allan

Building upon the insights of postmodernism, this book argues for an approach to studying culture that has as its basis the social construction of meaning and reality and emphasizes micro-level processes and emotion. In general, postmodernism privileges the structure of culture and posits that due to identifiable social dynamics, the structure of culture has become fragmented and has left the experience of cultural reality by human actors pluralistic,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275961249
• ISBN13: 9780275961244
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.7"