Alan Tomlinson works in the Chelsea School, Brighton Polytechnic, where he coordinates the Research Division and also acts as the Director of the Leisure Research Unit.

• 1 Introduction: Consumer culture and the aura of the commodity PART ONE Trends in consumption and leisure 2 Marketing dreams: The political elements of style 3 Home fixtures: Doing-it-yourself in a privatized world PART TWO The visual media and consumption 4 Television and citizenship: In defence of public broadcasting 5 Innocence and manipulation: Censorship, consumption, and freedom in 1980s Britain PART THREE Consumer culture(s) and the market—some case studies 6 What’s next?: Fashion, foodies, and the illusion of freedom 7 Mills and Boon: The marketing of moonshine 8 Tainted love: The influence of male homosexuality and sexual divergence on pop music and culture since the war 9 Frankie said: But what did they mean? 10 Making popular music: The consumer as producer 11 ‘If you can’t stand the heat get off the beach’: The United Kingdom holiday business 12 Holidays for all: Popular movements, collective leisure, and the pleasure industry