Melt with Me: Coming of Age and Other '80s Perils

by Paul Crenshaw and Paul Crenshaw

Book Overview

At the intersection of 1980s pop culture, the Cold War, and the trials of coming of age sits Melt with Me. Paul Crenshaw takes up a range of topics from Star Wars to video games, Choose Your Own Adventure books to the Satanic Panic. Blending the personal with the historical, levity with gravity, Crenshaw shows how pop culture shaped those who grew up in 1980s America: how Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative drove fears of nuclear war,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814258824
• ISBN13: 9780814258828
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.5"