Essays about: "identity postmodern"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 28 essays containing the words identity postmodern.

  1. 6. Three Postmodern Detectives Teetering on the Brink of Madness in Paul Auster´s New York Trilogy : A Comparison of the Detectives from a Postmodernist and an Autobiographical Perspective

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Author : Björn Sondén; [2020]
    Keywords : Keywords: postmodernity; chance; identity; solitude and the metaphysical detective story;

    Abstract : As the title suggests, this essay is a postmodern and autobiographical analysis of the three detectives in Paul Auster´s widely acclaimed 1987 novel The New York Trilogy. The focus of this study is centred on a comparison between the three detectives, but also on tracking when and why the detectives devolve into madness. READ MORE

  3. 7. Deconstructing Backpackers' Identity Projects - The role of experiences for identity construction

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Antje Katrin Dieckhoff; Mariana Cañavera Herrera; [2020]
    Keywords : Backpackers; Consumer Identity Projects; Deconstruction; Extraordinary Experiences; Hermeneutic Phenomenology; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Thesis Purpose: The aim of this research project was to uncover the meaning of extraordinary experiences for consumers’ identity projects and to understand how extraordinary experiences, rather than brands and possessions, can be used for self-presentation and self-extension. Methodology: Following Van Manen’s method for hermeneutic phenomenological research combined with Derrida’s notion of deconstruction, we examined “lessons learned”-type blog posts of ten backpackers. READ MORE

  4. 8. The Postmodern Aesthetic of Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Jonathan Urch; [2018]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis examines The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007) by Junot Díaz as an example of postmodern fiction. The thesis begins with a background chapter that outlines the central characteristics of postmodern fiction, followed by three chapters that tackle one main postmodern aspect of the novel each: fragmentation, metafiction and intertextuality. READ MORE

  5. 9. Paradoxical Consumption Practices and Creative Identity Work in Consumption Styles – The Concept of Reflexive Bricolage

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Cihan Koray Mavruk; Julian Weller; [2017]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore the underlying reasons that drive consumers, belonging to a particular consumption style, to engage in paradoxical consumption practices and attempt to explain these practices. For the purpose of this study, the non-static hipster youth style was used as the empirical example of a postmodern consumption style. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Postmodern self in Thomas Pynchon's the Crying of Lot 49 : Dismantling the unified self by a combination of postmodern philosophy and close reading

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Andreas Signell; [2016]
    Keywords : Pynchon; self; identity; postmodernism; Wittgenstein;

    Abstract : Abstract This essay is about identity and the self in Thomas Pynchon's critically acclaimed masterpiece The Crying of Lot 49. Through a combination of postmodern philosophy and close reading, it examines instances of postmodernist representations of identity in the novel. READ MORE