Postmodernism; Does It Apply? Discusses postmodernism; what it is and reflects whether Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues can be considered postmodern.

Postmodernism; Does It Apply? The definition for postmodernism is not an easy one to reach. Partly because we haven't yet been able to stand far enough away from it to give it a definition that would universally apply because we are living in the 'post-modern' period. For that very reason, no consistent definition can be found. The term applies to a variety of things. Applied first to architecture, it now encompasses areas from film, to …

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