Hiding in the Light

`At last, a book which explains clearly what post-modernism means ... Detailed, clever, witty, post-modern analysis of popular culture from a writer equally as fascinated by David Byrne, Biff cartoons, The Face, John Berger, Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard and James Brown' - Square Peg`...for those of us who want to honour Raymond Williams' memory while still, despite ourselves, liking Kylie Minogue, Hiding in the Light is both a stimulating and a comforting read.' - Simon Frith, Media Education Journal

• Introduction; Young Lives; Chapter 1 Hiding in the Light: Youth Surveillance and Display; Chapter 2 Mistaken Identities: Why John Paul Ritchie didn't do it his Way; Taste, Nation and Popular Culture; Chapter 3 Towards a Cartography of Taste 1935—1962; Chapter 4 Object as Image: the Italian Scooter Cycle; Chapter 5 In Poor Taste: Notes on Pop; Living on the Line; Chapter 6 Making do with the “;Nonetheless”: In the Whacky World of Biff; Chapter 7 The Bottom Line on Planet One: Squaring Up to The Face; Postmodernism and “;The Other Side”; Chapter 8 Staking Out the Posts; Chapter 9 Post-Script 1: Vital Strategies; Chapter 10 Post-Script 2: After (the) Word; Chapter 11 Post-Script 3: Space and Boundary; Chapter 12 Post-Script 4: Learning to Live on the Road to Nowhere;