American Culture in The 1980s

Name: American Culture in The 1980s
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ISBN: 9780748619108

ISBN-10: 0748619100

ISBN-13: 9780748619108

Edition: 2007

Authors: Graham Thompson

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'A fresh angle on cultural works recent enough to exist in the collective memory, but also now distant enough to warrant analytical consideration within a discrete historical framework.' Paul Giles, Professor of American Literature, University of Oxford This book looks beyond the common label of 'Ronald Reagan's America' to chart the complex intersection of cultures in the 1980s. In doing so it provides an insightful account of the major cultural forms of 1980s America -- literature and drama; film and television; music and performance; art and photography -- and influential texts and trends of the decade: from White Noiseto Wall Street, from Silicon Valley to MTV, and from Madonna to…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication date: 3/13/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 9.20" wide x 6.10" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Contents


List of Figures


List of Case Studies


Acknowledgements


Chronology of 1980s American Culture


Introduction: The Intellectual Context



Fiction and Poetry



Art and Photography



Film and Television



Music and Performance



American Culture and Globalization


Conclusion: The Cultural Legacy of the 1980s


Notes


Bibliography


Index