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Highlights
- The Duffer Brothers' award-winning Stranger Things exploded onto the pop culture scene in 2016.
- About the Author: Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr., is a professional actor and director whose previous books have covered topics ranging from Star Wars to Renaissance faires.
- 262 Pages
- Performing Arts, Television
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About the Book
"The Duffer Brothers' celebrated and award-winning series Stranger Things exploded into the pop culture scene in 2016. In twenty-three essays, scholars from all over the world consider how Stranger Things reduces, reuses, and recycles the eighties and the pop culture that decade produced"--Book Synopsis
The Duffer Brothers' award-winning Stranger Things exploded onto the pop culture scene in 2016. The Netflix original series revels in a nostalgic view of 1980s America while darkly portraying the cynical aspects of the period.
This collection of 23 new essays explores how the show reduces, reuses and recycles '80s pop culture--from the films of Spielberg, Carpenter and Hughes to punk and synthwave music to Dungeons & Dragons--and how it shapes our understanding of the decade through distorted memory. Contributors discuss gender and sexual orientation; the politics, psychology and educational policies of the day; and how the ultimate upper-class teen idol of the Reagan era became Stranger Things' middle-aged blue-collar heroine.
Review Quotes
"An interesting read for those that might be curious about how this unassuming series spearheaded the revival of modern nostalgia and a great study of how the world get remembered through rose colored glasses."-Against the Grain.
About the Author
Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr., is a professional actor and director whose previous books have covered topics ranging from Star Wars to Renaissance faires. He is a professor and chair of the theater department at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.