Critical Vices: The Myths of Postmodern Theory

By Nicholas Zurbrugg and Nichol Zurbrugg

Book Overview

This book of Nicholas Zurbrugg's challenging and provocative essays charts the most exciting developments in late 20th-century multimedia art. Zurbrugg challenges Jean Baudrillard's, Fredric Jameson's, and Achille Bonito-Oliva's unfavorable accounts of postmodern techno-culture. Interweaving literary and cultural theory, and visual studies, Zurbrugg demonstrates how multimedia visionaries such as Bill Viola and Robert Wilson are notable exceptions to the neutering of mass-media culture, bringing together the modernist and postmodern avant-garde.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9057010623
• ISBN13: 9789057010620
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"