American Culture in the 1980s /
Thompson, Graham
American Culture in the 1980s / Graham Thompson. - 1 online resource (248 p.) : 12 B/W illustrations - Twentieth-Century American Culture : 20CAC .
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.
9780748619092 9780748628957
10.1515/9780748628957 doi
Nineteen eighties.
Popular culture--History--20th century--United States.
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
American Studies.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
306.097309048
American Culture in the 1980s / Graham Thompson. - 1 online resource (248 p.) : 12 B/W illustrations - Twentieth-Century American Culture : 20CAC .
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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
9780748619092 9780748628957
10.1515/9780748628957 doi
Nineteen eighties.
Popular culture--History--20th century--United States.
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
American Studies.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
306.097309048