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    The emergence and proliferation of feminist‚ multiethnic‚ multicultural‚ and postcolonial literature since the 1970s is the most dramatic and significant manifestation of the de-centering and de-marginalization defining both postmodernity and postmodernism 7. Postmodern literature arose after World War II as a series of reactions against the perceived norms of modernist literature. 8. Postmodern writers include: Kurt Vonnegut‚ Joseph Heller‚ David Foster Wallace 9. a time marked by

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    Wal-Mart utilizes modernism in the companies culture‚ roles‚ goals‚ ability to change‚ and conflict management. The two perspectives can are necessary for a company to become competitive in the retail markets. Thus‚ the evidence concludes that the postmodernism is more effective for organizational development of the two‚ for various kinds of business developments. Finally‚ Wal-Mart practices the modernism and post modernism perspective to have a competitive advantage. Organizational

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    Representations (etchings) Early model of the catch penny is designed to be consumed in a few moments. These early models remain until this day (advertising). Provides an influence for a large amount of people. Representations allow ordinary people to experience what they couldn’t originally. They invent opportunities to experience special occasions (royal weddings for instance) Walter Benjamin German critique 1930s Images allow the reader to take in a large amount of information without

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    mindset of today’s world. For evangelism to be effective in the lives of the postmodern‚ the context of the postmodern and Christian beliefs must be bridged together at an intellectual‚ spiritual‚ and relational level. To understand the context of postmodernism‚ a person must start with the intellectual shifts in culture that influenced postmodern thinking. Such significant shifts in postmodern thought include the popularization of the death of God movement‚ religious pluralism‚ the power to inform through

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    other combining to define the nature of modern consumerism. True.. 4- Astrology cannot serve as a useful guide to an understanding of the social and cultural word. False‚ it can serve as a guide to that. 5- What is needed is sociology of postmodernism‚ not a postmodern sociology True‚ as Mike Featherstone has said. 6- The author suggests that it is our interests or hobbies that define us. False‚ the author says that if you have some particular hobbies then you can meet people with similar

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    modernism (in contradistinction to ‘ultra-modernism’ which positively encourages the radical impulses to modernism). ‘Postmodernismo’ comes into widespread usage in Hispanic cultural circles. - See more at: http://www.preceden.com/timelines/62885-postmodernism-timeline-1939-2001#sthash.MbOcSmrq.dpuf Introduction Pruitt Igoe and the modernist demise 1949 housing act Settled in 1954 New suburbs cheaper Anyone with means moving Cheaper to buy a sububarn house than rent public housing St Lois population

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    Slaughterhouse-Five Summative Assessment As said before‚ postmodernism is something hard to define and spot. There are several examples of postmodernism and they are: fragmentation‚ paradox‚ metanarratives‚ irony/black humor‚ and many more. Relating to Slaughterhouse-Five‚ I did a soundtrack that showed postmodernism within it. My soundtrack shows fragmentation because time leaps from one song to another and while it’s at that‚ the songs talk about different events My soundtrack includes the songs:

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    Organisational theory refers to the study of organisations and this includes the study on the way these organisations function‚ the roles they adopt and how the correlation and interaction between people and their work are put together so as to define their relations with the organisation. Thus‚ organisational theory allows organisations to increase their efficiency in the workforce through the reduction of unnecessary organisational problems. The two theoretical perspectives that have been chosen

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    BY: 1. TSANIYATUL HALIYAH (121012104) 2. MUKHAMMAD ABDI (121012105) 3. MOH. ARIEF RADITYA PUTRA (121012130) English Department Faculty of Humanities Universitas Airlangga 2013 Introduction Nowadays‚ our life provides with all things that easily access in many ways‚ we can take from television‚ film‚ radio‚ newspapers and the internet. Those lists can be categorized into media tools‚ which useful to communicate messages to audiences in the world

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: History of Modernism | 4 | Teachings and worldviews of Modernism | 5 | Islamic Point of View | 6 | Western Point of View | 8 | Modernism and Tradition in Islam | 10 | Comparison: Modernism and Postmodernism | 11 | Conclusion | 13 | References | 14 | INTRODUCTION: HISTORY OF MODERNISM Modernism (roughly 1910 – mid 1960s) is an aesthetic or cultural movement in art‚ architecture‚ music‚ literature and applied arts coupled with an historical

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