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In his article "Postmodernism, or the cultural logic of late capitalism"(1), Fredric Jameson argues that pastiche is the characteristic mode of postmodern culture and not parody. "Pastiche," he writes, "is, like parody, the imitation of a peculiar mask, speech in a dead lang...

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Main Author: Miglioli, Jorge
Format: Online
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas 1995
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Online Access:https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/cma/article/view/18813
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Summary:In his article "Postmodernism, or the cultural logic of late capitalism"(1), Fredric Jameson argues that pastiche is the characteristic mode of postmodern culture and not parody. "Pastiche," he writes, "is, like parody, the imitation of a peculiar mask, speech in a dead language; but it is a neutral practice of that mimicry, exempt from the ulterior motivations of parody, amputated from the satirical impulse, lacking the laughter and any truth that, alongside the momentarily borrowed abnormal language, there is some healthy help to linguistic normality"
ISSN:0104-9321