Through a collection of challenging but humorous essays, grounded in personal experience, observation and anecdote, Ziauddin Sardar analyzes the key characteristics of the embryonic 21st century. From advertising to zapping, sex to shopping, toys to hype, The A to Z of Postmodern Life explores the ideas, products, artifacts and “-isms” that shape the undefined, but ever encompassing, global culture. By learning to read the message of postmodernism, the author suggests that we might discover whether this new century is heading off in the right direction or leading us all up a very dark alley.
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Zia Sardar has been writing cultural criticism for more than 20 years. A contributor to newspapers, magazines, television and radio programs worldwide, he is best known for his weekly column “The NS Essay” in New Statesman magazine.
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In postmodern times, advertising has become the eminent domain of our existence. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
postmodern terrorism, fake history, fake breasts, modern toys, postmodern times, virtual war Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Third World, Hong Kong, Phua Chu Kang, Amir Khusrau, Gulf War, Kuala Lumpur, Star Trek, United States, Star Wars, White House, Hop Sing, Martial Law, Oliver Cromwell, Prophet Muhammad, Boy's Own, Changi Airport, Frankfurt School, Keanu Reeves, Pax Americana, Second World War, Sophie Dahl, Spike Lee, The Blair Witch Project, The Good Earth, The Perfumed Garden New!
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In postmodern times, advertising has become the eminent domain of our existence. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
postmodern terrorism, fake history, fake breasts, modern toys, postmodern times, virtual war Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Third World, Hong Kong, Phua Chu Kang, Amir Khusrau, Gulf War, Kuala Lumpur, Star Trek, United States, Star Wars, White House, Hop Sing, Martial Law, Oliver Cromwell, Prophet Muhammad, Boy's Own, Changi Airport, Frankfurt School, Keanu Reeves, Pax Americana, Second World War, Sophie Dahl, Spike Lee, The Blair Witch Project, The Good Earth, The Perfumed Garden New!
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- Silent Spring by Rachel Carson on page 54, page 260, and Back Matter
- Book of British Lists by Hunter Davies on page 128, and Back Matter
- Barbaric Others by Merryl Wyn Davies in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Consumption of Kuala Lumpur (Reaktion Books - Topographics) by Ziauddin Sardar in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Good Earth (Enriched Classics (Pocket)) by Pearl S. Buck on page 44, and page 45
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