This collection of original papers provides a prismatic guide and reckoning to one of the most controversial and poorly understood writers of the present day. His work in relation to consumption, politics, feminism, culture, theory and postmodernity is clearly discussed and evaluated. This book attempts to understand and assess this writer. The authors' other titles include "Capitalism and Leisure Theory" (Tavistock, 1985), "Body and Society" (1984), and "Regulating Bodies" (1992).