Noun.

The state, condition, or period subsequent to that which is modern; spec. in architecture, the arts, literature, politics, etc., any of various styles, concepts, or points of view involving a conscious departure from modernism, esp. when characterized by a rejection of ideology and theory in favour of a plurality of values and techniques. Also in extended use in general contexts, freq. used ironically.- Online OED

Meaning of no manifest with uses of reflexivity and multiplicity. Suggests that realities are only social constructs and are therefore subject to change. -Lecture

“Human-animal mergers are also central to the work of postmodern animal studies, particularly in motifs that reconfigure the animal form representing multiple meanings and blurred boundaries.”-Kalof and Fitzgerald, pg. 249 The Animals Reader

Encountered: Lecture, The Animals Reader