Fredric Jameson

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The postmodernisms have, in fact, been fascinated precisely by this whole “degraded” landscape of schlock and kitsch, of TV series and Reader's Digest, of advertising and motels, of the late show and the grade-B Hollywood film, of so-called paraliterature, with its airport paperback categories of the gothic and the romance, the popular biography, the murder mystery, and the science fiction or fantasy novel: materials they no longer simply “quote” as a Joyce or a Mahler might have done, but incorporate into their very substance. --Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism , Fredric Jameson, 1984

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Fredric Jameson (born April 14, 1934) is a literary critic and Marxist political theorist. He is best known for the analysis of contemporary cultural trends; he described postmodernism as the spatialization of culture under the pressure of organized capitalism. Jameson's best-known books include Postmodernism: The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, The Political Unconscious, and Marxism and Form.

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+The [[postmodernism]]s have, in fact, been fascinated precisely by this whole “[[degraded]]” landscape of [[schlock]] and [[kitsch]], of TV series and [[Reader's Digest]], of [[advertising]] and [[motel]]s, of the late show and the [[B movie|grade-B Hollywood film]], of so-called [[paraliterature]], with its [[airport paperback]] categories of the [[gothic]] and the [[romance]], the popular biography, the murder mystery, and the science fiction or fantasy novel: materials they no longer simply “quote” as a [[Joyce]] or a [[Mahler]] might have done, but incorporate into their very substance. --''[[Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism ]]'', Fredric Jameson, 1984
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