Eighties People: New Lives in the American Imagination

by Kevin L. Ferguson

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Through an examination of 1980s America cultural texts and media, Kevin L. Ferguson examines how new types of individuals were created in order to manage otherwise hidden cultural anxieties during the American 1980s. Exploring a variety of strategies for fashioning self-knowledge in the decade, this book illuminates the hidden lives of surrogate mothers, crack babies, persons with AIDS, yuppies, and brat packers. These seemingly simple stereotypes...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1137586389

ISBN13:9781137586384

Release Date:January 2016

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:193 Pages

Weight:0.86 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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