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In contemporary American public culture, the legacy of the consumer revolution of the 1960s is unmistakable. Today, there are few things more beloved of our masses than the figure of the cultural rebel, the defiant individualist resisting the mandates of the machine civilization. Whether he is an athlete decked out in a mowhawk and multiple-pierced ears, a policeman who plays by his own rules, an actor on a motorcycle, a soldier of fortune with explosive bow and arrow, or a rock star in leather jacket and sunglasses, the rebel has become the paramount cliché of our popular entertainment, and the pre-eminent symbol of the system he is supposed to be subverting. In advertising especially, he rules supreme

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About Shirley Conran

Shirley Conran

Shirley Conran

Shirley Conran (born September 21, 1932) is the ex-wife of British designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer Sir Terence Conran. She is the mother of designers Sebastian Conran and Jasper Conran. She is a bestselling author in her own right whose books include Lace and Superwoman .

She was educated at the University of Portsmouth.

Shirley Conran is well known for having said: "Life is too short to stuff a mushroom".

She was successfully treated for skin cancer several years ago.

She has homes in France and London. In addition to novel writing, she has been a columnist for Vanity Fair (magazine) , women's editor of The Daily Mail newspaper and a feature writer for The Observer newspaper.

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