Bailey, Devan_MENG_2015

Title Bailey, Devan_MENG_2015
Alternative Title Being Amid Spectacle Ideology
Creator Bailey, Devan
Collection Name Master of English
Description Leaving a legacy is a prevalent theme in history--creating artifacts, social and material constructs, that long outlive one's life, epoch, perhaps even informing the shape of cultures to come. ... We are indeed the aggregate culmination of the material insights past compressed against the narratives with which we interpret our mythology and history combined--which occasions the question: what is postmodernity's legacy? It might have once been assumed to have transpired in the future promised by the space shuttle only a half century ago, which had represented the relentless potential of the human condition to escape its own nature in dramatic fashion. ... We require something longer lasting, something more eternal, for which the most encapsulating monument to the consumer society is the landfill. More than waste, the landfill showcases the all but eternal residue of a scientifically advanced plastic kingdom in which corporate discourse renders myopic consumer whims that correspond to the ephemeral production and disposal of everlasting toxins.
Subject Mythology; History
Keywords postmodernity; human condition; consumer society
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University
Date 2015
Language eng
Rights The author has granted Weber State University Archives a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce their theses, in whole or in part, in electronic or paper form and to make it available to the general public at no charge. The author retains all other rights.
Source University Archives Electronic Records; Master of Arts in English. Stewart Library, Weber State University
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Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6xcpvwx