Grundberg The crisis of the real

The opening of the book starts with a quote "Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real, when in fact all of Los Angeles and the America surrounding it are no longer real, but of the order of the hyperreal and of simulation. it is no longer a question of a false representation of reality (ideology), but of consealing the fact that the real is no longer real"

The book starts by looking at, and explaining post modernism, and what it means for photography. Grundberg explains how there are many different interpretations as to what postmodernism actually is but his interpretation is "I would argue, in short, that postmodernism, in its art and its theory, is a reflection of the conditions of out time" he talks about how less is more in the artistic sense of post modernism. 

Grundberg touches on rephotography, which is the art of reusing a photograph to create a different meaning, with rephotography you dont go out ant take original photographs, you re use what is already available.

I would say that Grundberg does a good job of trying to clear up what post modernism is, and touches on various post modernism techniques how they are achieved, and often the reasoning behind them, or his interpretation at least.