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Availability:In StockContributor:Bob Batchelor, Scott StoddartSeries:American Popular Culture Through HistoryPublish date:2006-12-30Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:GreenwoodISBN-13:9780313330001ISBN-10:031333000XUPC:9780313330001Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Popular Culture, United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.44 x 6.42 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCG6VXG38F

The eighties are seen by many as a time of excess and extremes. From Boy George to Madonna, metal heads to valley girls, and workout clothes to shoulder pads, many pushed the boundaries of what was was conventional. After a decade of war, disillusionment of the government, advances in civil rights, and disco, Americans became status seekers and shopaholics and the Me generation was born. Twelve narrative chapters describe the decade of decedence and its impact on popular culture including: the AIDS epidemic, preppies, Miami Vice, the Rubik's Cube, E.T., hair bands, the advent of the personal computer, malls, Ronald Reagan, Pac-Man, Cheers, Stephen King, Michael Jackson, the shuttle Challenger explosion, Bonfire of the Vanities, music videos, Roseanne, the power suit, Less Than Zero, rap music, and The Cosby Show, among many others.

Chapters on Everyday America and the World of Youth describe the important changes in American society, from Ronald Reagan's War on Drugs, to latch-key kids, to Black Monday. The following ten chapters explore the many aspects of popular culture-everything from advertising to fashion, literature to music, travel to the visual arts-that influenced Americans in the eighties. Supplemental resources include a timeline of important events, an extensive bibliography for further reading and a subject index.
Language:EnglishPublisher:GreenwoodISBN-13:9780313330001ISBN-10:031333000XUPC:9780313330001Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Popular Culture, United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.44 x 6.42 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCG6VXG38F

Bob Batchelor, PhD, is assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State University and academic coordinator of its online master's program in public relations. Batchelor is the author or editor of 21 books, including 3 volumes in Greenwood's "Popular Culture through History" series: The 1900s, The 1980s, and The 2000s. In addition, he edited Greenwood's four-volume American Pop: Popular Culture Decade by Decade; Praeger's three-volume Cult Pop Culture: How the Fringe Became Mainstream; and Praeger's three-volume American History through American Sports.

Scott Toddart is the Dean of Academic Affairs at Manhattanville College, where he currently teaches courses in cinema and musical theatre history.
Publisher: Greenwood

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