American culture in the 1980s

Case Studies

Televangelism

Silicon Valley

The Closing of the American Mind (1987)

1. Fiction and Poetry

White Noise (1985)

In Country (1985)

Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (1987)

2. Art and Photography

Jean-Michael Basquiat

Jeff Koons

Cindy Sherman

3. Film and Television

Top Gun (1986)

Wall Street (1987)

Hill Street Blues (1981-7)

4. Music and Performance

Madonna

Public Enemy

Split Britches Company

5. American Culture and Globalization

CNN

Disneyland Resort Paris

The National Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington