definitions on post modernism

  1. Pastiche- work of art,drama,literature,music or architecture that imitates another artist
  2. Parody- work or performance that imitates another piece of work with irony or ridicule.
  3. Bricolage – lots of things put together 
  4. Intertextuality- deliberate inclusion of another text(surface signs,gestures and play)
  5. Metanarrative- overarching ideas,attitudes,values and beliefs are now questioned,people now have there own perspectives and stories about history,science,religious beliefs.
  6. Hyper reality- the inability to distinguish reality from a simulation of reality.
  7. Simulacrum- is an image or a representation of something or someone.
  8. Consumerist Society- towns/villages/cities have high desires of consumption. They are no longer producing just constantly consuming.
  9. Fragmentary Identities- disconnecting and recreating an identity.(eg-profile pictures,Facebook accounts)
  10. Implosion- links to simulacra- simulations of reality, not judt a representation of the real but the real itself.
  11. cultural appropriation- the adoption of elements or an element of one culture or members of a culture.
  12. Reflexivity

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