Introduction to Postmodernism- Part 2

Postmodernism.....

• Rejects the idea that any media product or text is of any other value than another.
• The distinction between media & reality has collasped & we live in a 'reality' defined by images &
• Postmodernism texts are said to be 'intertextual' & 'self referential'. They break the rules of realism to explore the nature of their own status as contructed texts
• Postmodernism is typically a mixture of hign & low cultures. High cultures being things like Classical music, theatre, ballet, BBc, broadsheet etc. And low culture being Pop music, tabloids, ITV etc

• Disneyland is the best example of understanding how reality works in a postmodern world-A place which is at the same time real, physical space but also clearly a fictional representaion world.
• Due to representaion there is no longer any 'original' product
• 'Pure reality' is replaced by Hyperreal where any boundary between the real & the imaginary