The 1980s Batchelor, Bob and Stoddart, Scott

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, Wall Street, the power suit, Less Than Zero, rap music, and The Cosby Show, among many others.

DOI: 10.1336/031333000X Mouse over the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to learn more about this book or related books published by Greenwood Publishing Group. Visit the Greenwood Publishing Group page for this title: http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/GR3000.aspx

The 1980s Series: American Popular Culture Through History Hardback, 240 pages, $49.95 Copyright ©2006, Greenwood Press ISBN: 0-313-33000-X DOI: 10.1336/031333000X

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