Postmodernism in Pieces performs a postmortem on what is perhaps the most contested paradigm in literary studies. In the wake of a critical consensus proclaiming its death, Matthew Mullins breaks postmodernism down into its most fundamental orthodoxies and reassembles it piece by piece in light of recent theoretical developments in Actor-Network-Theory, object-oriented philosophy, new materialism, and posthumanism. In the last two decades postmodernism has collapsed under the weight of the very phenomena it set out to deconstruct: language, whiteness, masculinity, class, the academy. Recasting these categories as social constructs has done little to alleviate their material effects. Through detailed analyses of everyday objects in novels by Leslie Marmon Silko, Toni Morrison, Jonathan Lethem, John Barth, David Foster Wallace, Don DeLillo, and Julia Alvarez, Mullins argues that what makes fiction postmodern is its refusal to accept "social" explanations for problems facing a given culture, and its tendency instead to examine everyday things and people as constituent pieces of larger networks. The result is a new story of postmodernism, one that reimagines postmodernism as a starting point for a new mode of literary history rather than a finish line for modernity.

Postmodernism in Pieces: Materializing the Social in U.S. Fiction

Literature & Fiction

Mullins, Matthew

History & Criticism

Oxford University Press

Describes friction, explains why smooth and rough surfaces provide different levels of friction, and includes information on air resistance and lubrication.

Friction (A True Book: Physical Science)

Children's Books

Science, Nature & How It Works

Children's Press

Finally a book on Martial Arts Tricking! Get ready to learn from five-time WKA World Champion Matt Mullins. From Side Kicks to Aerials, Matt will teach you how to take your moves to the extreme! STEP-BY-STEP FULL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS of each movement with explanations. VIDEOS of all tricks so you can watch each one frame-by-frame. BEGINNERS will learn basic tricks, stretching, and conditioning exercises to build the skills and strength necessary to perform like the best. Plus, bonus partner drills! PROS will learn how to polish old tricks and improve their performance.

Matt Mullins Basic Tricks: Tae Kwon Do Karate Jump Kicks and Martial Arts Forms Acrobatics

Sports & Outdoors

Individual Sports

High Mountain Publishing

Enjoying the Bible

"A literature professor shows how learning to read and love poetry can increase our understanding of the biblical text, helping us learn to read and love Gods Word"--

Enjoying the Bible: Literary Approaches to Loving the Scriptures

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Baker Academic

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