POSTMODERNISM definitions

  • Pastiche– an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period.
  • Bricolage– (in art or literature) construction or creation from a diverse range of available things. something constructed or created from a diverse range of things.
  • Intertextuality-Intertextuality is the shaping of a text’s meaning by another text. It is the interconnection between similar or related works of literature that reflect and influence an audience’s interpretation of the text. Intertextuality is the relation between texts that are inflicted by means of quotations and allusion.
  • Implosion-a sudden failure or collapse of an organization or system.
  • cultural appropriation-the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, etc. of one people or society by members of another and typically more dominant people or society.

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  1. Thanks Orna, absolutely spot on! Be prepared to see this repeated many times in many other posts! .

    Just a note (to you and others) can you relate any of these ideas to your style model music videos? (which of course will be different for each student)

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