On 11/7/06, Shane Mage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>It's a new landmark of postmodern culture, whose dominant tendency is
>to make more and more parts of lives a matter of personal choice. --
>Yoshie
What's with this usage of the nonsensical but grossly pejorative
word "postmodern," when the subject matter is *contemporary*
thru-and-thru?
I don't think the word postmodern is necessarily pejorative. It can
simply mean "after modern."
IMHO, the rise of modernity reinforced gender and made it more
prominent than before, as it diminished and (in many countries) did
away with some previously important identities such as feudal ranks.
So, a postmodern approach to gender counts as different from a modern
one.
Why doesn't the word contemporary do instead? The idea of gender as
personal choice is not quite contemporary in the sense of being held
as applicable by our contemporaries nationwide, let alone worldwide,
yet.
--
Yoshie
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