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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]]'' (1984) 
'''Fredric Jameson''' (born [[April 14]], [[1934]]) is a [[literary criticism|literary critic]] and [[Marxist]] [[politics|political]] [[literary theory|theorist]]. He is best known for the analysis of contemporary [[culture|cultural]] trends; he described [[postmodernism]] as the [[spatialization]] of culture under the pressure of organized [[capitalism]]. Jameson's best-known books include ''[[Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism|Postmodernism: The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism]]'', ''The Political Unconscious'', and ''Marxism and Form''. '''Fredric Jameson''' (born [[April 14]], [[1934]]) is a [[literary criticism|literary critic]] and [[Marxist]] [[politics|political]] [[literary theory|theorist]]. He is best known for the analysis of contemporary [[culture|cultural]] trends; he described [[postmodernism]] as the [[spatialization]] of culture under the pressure of organized [[capitalism]]. Jameson's best-known books include ''[[Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism|Postmodernism: The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism]]'', ''The Political Unconscious'', and ''Marxism and Form''.
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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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