Uncovering Stranger Things
Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
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.
“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
Duration - 10h 33m.
Author - Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr..
Narrator - Digital Voice Mason G.
Published Date - Monday, 20 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2018 McFarland ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. 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. “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 Duration - 10h 33m. Author - Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.. Narrator - Digital Voice Mason G. Published Date - Monday, 20 January 2025. Copyright - © 2018 McFarland ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:30
Dedication
Duration:00:00:04
Acknowledgments
Duration:00:01:20
Introduction: Stranger (Things) in a Strange Land or, I Love the ’80s?
Duration:00:10:08
Section 1: Popular Culture
Duration:00:00:05
Chapter 1: The Rebirth of King’s Children
Duration:00:32:19
Chapter 2: Lost Nights and Dangerous Days
Duration:00:21:11
Chapter 3: Transmissions from the Upside Down
Duration:00:24:21
Chapter 4: Competing Nostalgia and Popular Culture
Duration:00:25:48
Chapter 5: Stranger Things and Our Memories of Colombian TV in the Late Eighties
Duration:00:26:01
Chapter 6: Monsters and Moral Panics
Duration:00:26:12
Section 2: Cinema
Duration:00:00:04
Chapter 7: The Eaten-for-Breakfast Club
Duration:00:30:28
Chapter 8: Women as Stranger Things
Duration:00:24:18
Chapter 9: Not a Princess Anymore
Duration:00:27:14
Chapter 10: Stranger (The) Thing
Duration:00:24:08
Chapter 11: Spielberg Things
Duration:00:34:40
Section 3: Gender and Orientation
Duration:00:00:05
Chapter 12: Revisiting the Monstrous Feminine and Monster Parents in Stranger Things
Duration:00:19:14
Chapter 13: AIDS, Homophobia and the Monstrous Upside Down
Duration:00:30:07
Chapter 14: The Monstrous Queer Child
Duration:00:25:40
Chapter 15: Gaslighting, Marginalization and the Well-Coiffed in Stranger Things
Duration:00:12:20
Chapter 16: Badass Mothers
Duration:00:25:03
Section 4: Society, Culture and Politics of the Eighties
Duration:00:00:07
Chapter 17: Half-Lives of the Nuclear Family
Duration:00:27:06
Chapter 18: The Forgotten Rural
Duration:00:35:40
Chapter 19: “Should I Stay or Should I Go?”
Duration:00:25:18
Chapter 20: The Upside Down of Education Reform During the Reagan Era
Duration:00:25:23
Chapter 21: “A nice home at the end of the cul-de-sac”
Duration:00:29:18
Chapter 22: The Nine Most Terrifying Words in the English Language
Duration:00:27:48
Chapter 23: The Strangest Thing About Stranger Things
Duration:00:32:03
About the Contributors
Duration:00:09:02
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:02