description: RADICAL CHIC and MAU-MAUING THE FLAK CATCHERS, Tom Wolfe's fourth book of social commentary, consists of two devastatingly funny essays, dealing with political stances and social styles in a status-minded world. In RADICAL CHIC, Wolfe describes the courting of romantic radicals -- Black Panthers, striking grapeworkers, Young Lords -- by the social elite. In the companion essays, the author travels west to survey another meeting between militant minorities and the liberal white establishment. Wolfe's account of the performances of such masters as the Mission Rebels, Youth for the Future and the New Thang, and the responses of the catchers of the flak, including the mayor himself, makes for uproarious farce, more so because it's true.
language: English
title: Radical Chic/Mau-Mauing The Flak Catchers
titlecomplete: Radical Chic/Mau-Mauing The Flak Catchers
genres: Sociology, Literature, History, Classics, Cultural, Essays, Politics, Humor, Journalism, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 3469
publisher: Books on Tape, Inc.