The theoretical perspective is mainly Lyotard's theory of metanarratives in his Postmodern Condition.

理论视角主要是利奥塔在其《后现代状况》中有关元话语的论述。

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The postmodern condition, a term coined by Lyotard has become an essential part of any discussion of our culture.

利奥塔(1979)所述的“后现代”已经成为任何有关文化的讨论中必不可少的词汇。

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The postmodern condition is not an artistic movement or a cultural fad or an intellectual theory—although it produces all of those and is in some ways defined by them.

后现代境况既不是一场艺术运动，也不是一种文化时尚，更不是某种知识理论——这些都是后现代主义的产物，而且在某种程度上成为后现代主义的特点。

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Later on when I was studying art theory, first in San Francisco and then at Yale, this sort of postcolonial postmodern condition of shattered identities and fractured selves, I didn't have to look very far.

WSJ: Kehinde Wiley