Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements x
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1. POSTMODERNISM: WHERE WE ARE AND HOW WE GOT HERE
6. The Death of God and the Beginning of Modernity 7
7. The Postmodern Critique of Modernity 11
8. Putting Postmodernism into Perspective 19
9. Modernism and Postmodernism as Artistic Responses 22
10. 2. DADA AND THE TRAPPINGS OF MODERNITY
11. Introduction 33
12. The Search for Alternative Paradigms 35
13. Modern Solutions to Modern Problems 51
14. 3. A BRIDGE TO THE POSTMODERN
15. Introduction 55
16. Dada and the Revolt Against Pre-Modern Paradigms 60
17. Dada and the Revolt Against Modern Paradigms 62
18. Dada: For and Against Chaos 99
19. Dada: A Postmodern Attitude? 101
20. Dada, Postmodernism, and The Negative Speed 103
21. 4. VOICING THE OTHER
22. Introduction 113
23. ‘Primitivism’ 117
24. Childhood and the Fabulous 121
25. Madness 126
26. The Feminine 133
27. Transgender 137
28. Dada as Other 140
29. 5. CELEBRATING LIFE
30. Being Serious 145
31. The Nature of the Game: A Closer Examination 151
32. The Look 154
33. Carnival 157
34. The Subversion of Binarisms 170
35. Dada as Incomprehensible 172
36. Celebrating Life: Dada, Postmodernism, and The Positive Speed 176
37. 6. VISIONS OF CHANGE
38. Introduction 185
39. The Role of Intellectuals 190
40. The Potential for Change 191
41. 7. (ANTI)ART
42. The Desacralisation of Art 197
43. Irony 204
44. Defrocking the Artist 206
45. The Art Market 208
46. High versus Low Culture 212
47. Ephemerality 220
48. Art versus Life 222
49. The Legacy of Rebellion 224
50. 8. WORKING IN THE GAP BETWEEN ART AND LIFE
51. Introduction 235
52. Revitalising the Margins 236
53. Juxtaposition 238
54. Chance 245
55. Simultaneity 249
56. The Absurd 253
57. Word Games 258
58. Sound and Visual Poetry 260
59. The Assault on Closure 269
60. Dada: A Postmodern Art? 273
61. 9. DADA IN RELATION TO ITS ARTISTIC ENVIRONMENT
62. Introduction 283
63. Cubism 284
64. Futurism 286
65. Expressionism 287
66. Surrealism 289
67. 10. PERSPECTIVES ON A (POST)MODERN FUTURE
68. Is Postmodernism Impractical? 297
69. Is Postmodernism Still Modern After All? 302
70. Dada: Caught Between Modern and Postmodern 306
71. Learning from Dada 309
72. BIBLIOGRAPHY 313
73. INDEX 337