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American Culture in the 1980s / Graham Thompson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Twentieth-Century American Culture : 20CACPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (248 p.) : 12 B/W illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748619092
  • 9780748628957
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.097309048 22
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Case Studies -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology of 1980s American Culture -- Introduction: The Intellectual Context -- 1. Fiction and Poetry -- 2. Art and Photography -- 3. Film and Television -- 4. Music and Performance -- 5. American Culture and Globalization -- Conclusion: The Cultural Legacy of the 1980s -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748619108);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 Noise to Wall Street, from Silicon Valley to MTV, and from Madonna to Cindy Sherman. A focused chapter considers the changing dynamics of American culture in an increasingly globalised marketplace. Key FeaturesFocused case studies featuring key texts, genres, writers, artists and cultural trendsDetailed chronology of 1980s American cultureBibliographies for each chapterTwelve black and white illustrations"
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780748628957

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Case Studies -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology of 1980s American Culture -- Introduction: The Intellectual Context -- 1. Fiction and Poetry -- 2. Art and Photography -- 3. Film and Television -- 4. Music and Performance -- 5. American Culture and Globalization -- Conclusion: The Cultural Legacy of the 1980s -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748619108);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 Noise to Wall Street, from Silicon Valley to MTV, and from Madonna to Cindy Sherman. A focused chapter considers the changing dynamics of American culture in an increasingly globalised marketplace. Key FeaturesFocused case studies featuring key texts, genres, writers, artists and cultural trendsDetailed chronology of 1980s American cultureBibliographies for each chapterTwelve black and white illustrations"

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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