Kimberly R. Moffitt, Duncan A. Campbell

The 1980s

A Critical and Transitional Decade

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Produktbeschreibung

The 1980s: A Critical and Transitional Decade, edited by Kimberly R. Moffitt and Duncan A. Campbell, is a holistic analysis of the decade that focuses on major turning points and developments in literature, entertainment, politics, and social experimentation. This analysis ultimately presents the 1980s as a significant phenomenon in the American landscape. The 1980s is a groundbreaking and stand-alone introductory volume that is unapologetically interdisciplinary in nature and encourages students to explore topics of the decade often overlooked or grouped together with other, more memorable decades such as the 1920s or 1960s.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 520
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 987g
• ISBN-13: 9780739143131
• ISBN-10: 0739143131
• Artikelnr.: 32310163

Autorenporträt

By Kimberly R. Moffitt and Duncan A. Campbell - Contributions by Reynaldo Anderson; Virginia Anderson; Alan Bilton; Jeffery B. Cook; Michael Dwyer; Philip Glahn; Ivan Greenberg; Heather E. Harris; Nikita Harris; Jana K. Lipman; Stephen McVeigh; Scott A. M

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Introduction: The 80s as a Decade Part
3 PART 1:"FREEDOM AND SECURITY GO TOGETHER:" REAGAN'S INFLUENCE DURING THE
80s Chapter 4 1. Ronald W. Reagan: Redefining the Presidency Chapter 5 2.
Reagan Revives FBI Spying Chapter 6 3. The "Real" Right Turn: The Reagan
Supreme Court Chapter 7 4. "Privatizing the Leviathan State: A 'Reaganomic'
Legacy" Chapter 8 5. "Airlines? Lousy Unions." Airline Workers in the Era
of Deregulation and Hostile Takeover Part 9 PART 2:"YEAH, WELL, HISTORY'S
GONNA CHANGE:"UNDERSTANDING THE 80s BEYOND REAGAN Chapter 10 6. Triumph of
"The Gipper" and the Democratic Party Malaise in the 1980s Chapter 11 7.
The Christian Right's Traditionalist Jeremiad: Piety and Politics in the
Age of Reagan Chapter 12 8. New Right, New History, Common Ground: Populism
and the Past Chapter 13 9. An Army of One in 1:18 Scale: The Profit of
Patriotism in G.I. Joe Chapter 14 10. "Fixing" the Fifties: Alex P. Keaton
and Marty McFly Part 15 PART 3:"TAKE A CHILL PILL, MAN:" COMING TO TERMS
WITH THE SOCIAL ILLS OF THE 80s Chapter 16 11. How Broadway has Cared: The
AIDS Epidemic and the Great White Way Chapter 17 12. Counterpublic Art and
Social Practice Chapter 18 13. Date Rape and Sexual Politics Chapter 19 14.
A Culture in Panic: Day Care Abuse Scandals and the Vulnerability of
Children Chapter 20 15. What's Class Got to Do with It?: Facets of Tracy
Chapman through Song Part 21 PART 4:"WE ARE THE WORLD:" UNDERSTANDING THE
80s BEYOND AMERICA'S BORDERS Chapter 22 16.Reading MTV: The Proliferation
of United States Culture in the Age of Globalization Chapter 23 17. The
United States and Apartheid Chapter 24 18. The Opening of China and the
Evolution of China-U.S.Cross-Cultural Understanding Chapter 25 19. U.S.
Foreign Policy in Latin America on Film: The Case of Salvador Chapter 26
20. Cold War Crucible: The Berlin Wall and American Exceptionalism Part 27
PART 5:"TOTALLY AWESOME, 80s:" A DECADE OF ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Chapter
28 21. Fear of a Black Planet: Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan, and Eddie
Murphy and the Globalization of Black Masculinity Chapter 29 22. Matter and
Mammon: Fiction in the Age of Reagan Chapter 30 23. Alternative for
Alternative's Sake: Progressive College Radio'sProgramming Struggles
Chapter 31 24. "Life in Marvelous Times:" Commemorative Narratives of the
Golden Era in Hip Hop Culture Chapter 32 25. "Do We Get to Win this Time?"
Movies, Mythology, and Political Culture in "Reagan Country" Chapter 33
Selected Bibliography Chapter 34 Index Chapter 35 About the Contributors