American Culture in the 1980s

Graham Thompson

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2007

American Culture in the 1980s

Graham Thompson

In the series Twentieth-Century American Culture

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748628957

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About this book

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 Features

Focused case studies featuring key texts, genres, writers, artists and cultural trends
Detailed chronology of 1980s American culture
Bibliographies for each chapter
Twelve black and white illustrations

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Case Studies Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Chronology of 1980s American Culture Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 248
Illustrations
- Other: 12 B/W illustrations
Keywords: American Studies

eBook

Published: March 13, 2007
ISBN: 9780748628957