Now that's what I call a history of the 1980s : pop culture and politics in the decade that shaped modern Britain / Lucy Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Lucy (Professor of history), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nineteen eighties.

Popular culture--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Popular culture.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1979-1997.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 358 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Biography/History:

Lucy Robinson is Professor of Collaborative History at the University of Sussex.

Summary:

Now that's what I call a history of the 1980s tells the story of eighties Britain through its popular culture. Charting era-defining moments from Lady Diana's legs and the miners' strike to Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage and Adam and the Ants, Lucy Robinson weaves together an alternative history to the one we think we know. This is not a history of big geopolitical disasters, or a nostalgic romp through discos, shoulder pads and yuppie culture. Instead, the book explores a mashing together of different genres and fan bases in order to make sense of our recent past and give new insights into the decade that defined both globalisation and excess. Packed with archival and cultural research but written with verve and spark, the book offers as much to general readers as to scholars of this period, presenting a distinctive and definitive contemporary history of 1980s Britain, from pop to politics, to cold war cultures, censorship and sexuality.

Contents:

<P>Introduction: Now that's what <i>I</i> call a History of the 1980s<br>1 The Eighties in Green Time and Space: Glastonbury, CND and Greenpeace 1981

1992<br>2 Warriors in face paint<br>3 Diana's legs in <i>The Sun</i><br>4 Smiley Culture's voice: speaking to the Commonwealth<br>5 Spycatcher and the truth economy<br>6 Northern Ireland and the oxygen of publicity<br>7 Neil Kinnock and the pop and politics dialectic<br>8 Orgreave, the crowd, and the decade of disasters<br>9 Roland Rat, breakfast TV and the infotainment market<br>10 The Ultimate List: AIDS, music and memorialisation<br>Conclusion</p>

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781526167262

1526167263

9781526167248

1526167247

9781526167255

1526167255

OCLC:

1356891260