{"product_id":"now-thats-what-i-call-a-history-of-the-1980s-pop-culture-and-politics-in-the-decade-that-shaped-modern-britain-9781526167248","title":"Now That's What I Call a History of the 1980s:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow that’s what I call a history of the 1980s\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePacked 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Lucy Robinson shows us how history helps us to understand culture and how culture helps us to understand history. By understanding history and culture you will start to think and change your life. If you change your life, you change the world.'\u003cbr\u003eVivienne Westwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'THE CHAPTER ON MY SUCCESS WAS FABULOUS, FULL MARKS TO THE PROFESSOR (WHOEVER SHE IS). PITY THE REST OF THE BOOK WASN’T ALL ABOUT ME CUS I WOULDN'T HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP READING IT THEN.'\u003cbr\u003eRoland Rat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The eighties was a pop culture minefield that only a nimble guide can guide you through. \u003ci\u003eNow that's what I call a history of the 1980s\u003c\/i\u003e does this with a keen cultural eye and captivating turn of phrase as it unpacks the decade and redefines its times of tension and release with attendant soundtrack.'\u003cbr\u003eJohn Robb, author of \u003ci\u003eThe art of darkness: A history of goth  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eForget the Filofaxes of the City boys: most of us made our connections, as Robinson puts it, on the dance floor, and some of us are still dancing. Now that’s what I call a decade to remember.'\u003cbr\u003eSuzanne Moore, \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Now that’s what \u003ci\u003eI\u003c\/i\u003e call a History of the 1980s\u003cbr\u003e1 The Eighties in Green Time and Space: Glastonbury, CND and Greenpeace 1981 – 1992\u003cbr\u003e2 Warriors in face paint\u003cbr\u003e3 Diana’s legs in \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 Smiley Culture’s voice: speaking to the Commonwealth\u003cbr\u003e5 Spycatcher and the truth economy\u003cbr\u003e6 Northern Ireland and the oxygen of publicity\u003cbr\u003e7 Neil Kinnock and the pop and politics dialectic\u003cbr\u003e8 Orgreave, the crowd, and the decade of disasters\u003cbr\u003e9 Roland Rat, breakfast TV and the infotainment market\u003cbr\u003e10 The Ultimate List: AIDS, music and memorialisation\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041034731863,"sku":"9781526167248","price":68.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526167248.jpg?v=1750948689","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/now-thats-what-i-call-a-history-of-the-1980s-pop-culture-and-politics-in-the-decade-that-shaped-modern-britain-9781526167248","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}