Images of Postmodern Society: Social Theory and Contemporary Cinema

PART ONE: THE POSTMODERN Defining the Postmodern Terrain Postmodern Social Theory Takes on the Postmodern Baudrillard, Lyotard, and Jameson Learning from Mills PART TWO: LEARNING FROM CINEMA Wild About Lynch Blue Velvet Nouveau Capitalists on Wall Street Crimes and Misdemeanors in Manhattan The Postmodern Sexual Order Sex, Lies, and Yuppie Love Do the Right Thing Race in the USA Paris, Texas Mills and Baudrillard in America In Conclusion The Eye of the Postmodern