Back to the 80s: How pop culture shaped our world

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

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🗓️ 30 August 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Rubik's cubes, leg warmers and Walkmen. How does the pop culture of a decade define it? Looking beyond clichés and caricatures, how was culture an agent of social change in the 1980s? Dr. Kasia Tomasiewicz speaks to Dr. Lucy Robinson, author of Now That's What I Call a History of the 1980s, to discuss photograph of Diana’s legs, Roland Rat and political power of popstars. “Nostalgia assumes you had something positive to look back on.” “Historians in the 80s start thinking, what is the role of how we talk about war in perpetuating these kinds of ideas of masculinity?” "Rather than just taking popular culture seriously, I wanted to learn from it." BOOK LINK https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526167255 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Kasia Tomasiewicz. Producer: Liam Tait. Audio editor: Jade Bailey. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:15.1	Kasha Thomasevich.
1:17.6	Every decade has its cliche tropes and the 1980s with its shoulder pads, pummed hair and leg warmers is no different.
1:26.0	But beyond this caricature, what role did culture play in the 1980s and how was it an agent of change?
1:33.0	Should we take it more seriously?
1:35.8	Joining me to answer this is Lucy Robinson,
1:38.8	professor of collaborative history at the University of Sussex. Lucy used to teach me and she completely changed how I see the world.
1:47.3	Her new book, now that's what I call a history of the 1980s, might just do the same for you.
1:55.4	Although as she warns readers at the beginning, this is my version of Britain in the 1980s. It might not be yours. It might stop and
2:01.5	focus on things that you would skip over. It might only
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