Class Response on Jameson

I think one of the things we discussed in class that Jameson touches on is the idea of intertextuality. We discussed how we reference parody’s in society, not necessarily in a mocking sense, but in a way that honors or celebrates something. We used the example in class of the Venus de Milo sculpture and how the Victoria Secret Fashion Show uses the same idea as a way to celebrate the brilliance behind it. I thought the class on Tuesday was a direct example of how our culture uses ideas from the past and reconfigures them to make original works or art. I believe this is where many theorists struggle with post modern culture because we live in a society that is continually reproducing original ideas. If this is the case, then what will make our post modern culture unique?