Kate McLoughlin, "British Literature in Transition, 1960-1980: Flower Power"
English | ISBN: 1107129575 | 2019 | 404 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This volume traces transitions in British literature brought about by the rapid, momentous and far-reaching changes of the 1960s and 1970s, illuminating a diverse range of authors, texts, genres and movements. It looks at innovations in form, considering experimental poetry, fiction and drama, and explores the literature of emergent identities in race, gender, sexuality and class. It considers changes in attitudes and in the mind itself: the growth of environmentalism, perceptions of the past, psychedelia, the sexual revolution, and information control. It examines local and regional developments, visiting Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England. Finally, it focuses on shifts within the oeuvres of individual authors - two poets, two dramatists and a novelist: Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes, Harold Pinter and Caryl Churchill, and Iris Murdoch.

Kirk Curnutt, "American Literature in Transition, 1970-1980"
English | ISBN: 1107150760 | 2018 | 472 pages | PDF | 5 MB
American Literature in Transition, 1970-1980 examines the literary developments of the twentieth-century's gaudiest decade. For a quarter century, filmmakers, musicians, and historians have returned to the era to explore the legacy of Watergate, stagflation, and Saturday Night Fever, uncovering the unique confluence of political and economic phenomena that make the period such a baffling time. Literary historians have never shown much interest in the era, however - a remarkable omission considering writers as diverse as Toni Morrison, Thomas Pynchon, Marilyn French, Adrienne Rich, Gay Talese, Norman Mailer, Alice Walker, and Octavia E. Butler were active. Over the course of twenty-one essays, contributors explore a range of controversial themes these writers tackled, from 1960s' nostalgia to feminism and the redefinition of masculinity to sexual liberation and rock 'n' roll. Other essays address New Journalism, the rise of blockbuster culture, memoir and self-help, and crime fiction - all demonstrating that the Me Decade was nothing short of mesmerizing.

Wendy Mitchinson, "Fighting Fat: Canada, 1920-1980"
English | ISBN: 1487522746 | 2018 | 456 pages | PDF | 3 MB
While the statistics for obesity have been alarming in the twenty-first century, concern about fatness has a history. In Fighting Fat, Wendy Mitchinson discusses the history of obesity and fatness from 1920 to 1980 in Canada. Through the context of body, medicine, weight measurement, food studies, fat studies, and the identity of those who were fat, Mitchinson examines the attitudes and practices of medical practitioners, nutritionists, educators, and those who see themselves as fat.

NOW was recently proud to announce the Yearbook for 1985, as we move forward to the second half of the 1980s, and we were delighted with the response to the 1979 edition back in September. However, we havent quite finished with those golden pop years 1980 1984. Compiling the Yearbook series is a true labour of love, but given that between 1980 and 1984 there were more than 1500 new entries on the UK Top 40 and on the Yearbooks and their Extras for the period we have presented 726 tracks which means there are a number of brilliant songs that we didnt get to feature yet. Extra NOW - Yearbook 1980 - 1984: The Final Chapter. A celebration of the diversity and creative magic of the time in Pop.
NOW Yearbook Extra 1980-1984: The Final Chapter (2023)
Disco, Funk, Synth-pop, Reggae, Jazzdance, Latin, Arena Rock, Ballad, Rocksteady, New Wave | Sony Music, Universal Music Group, Now Twic, EMI Records
320 kbps | MP3 | unmixed | 25-01-2023 | 04:08:55 | 590 Mb

Size: 2.24 GB | Total Duration: 05:30:25 | Total Tracks: 5
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Gothic Science Fiction 1980-2010 By Sara Wasson (editor), Emily Alder (editor)
2011 | 219 Pages | ISBN: 184631707X | PDF | 7 MB
This timely book explores what might be termed 'Gothic science fiction' from 1980 to 2010. This designation may at first appear contradictory, as the Gothic's connotations of the irrational and supernatural seem to conflict with the rational foundations of science fiction. However, thiscollection demonstrates that the two categories in fact overlap and intersect in creatively and critically fruitful ways. Understanding texts of this period by means of this hybrid category allows a fresh examination of their engagement with the dramatic socio-economic changes - in communicationtechnology, medical science, globalization, and global politics - that have transformed the way we live, and for which Gothic science fiction texts provide compelling narrative modes. The essays in this collection reflect the current willingness among researchers to explore interpretations across genre, form, and discipline, as well as revealing a buoyant field of research in contemporary Gothic and science fiction studies. The collection ranges across narrative media (includingliterature, film, graphic novels and trading card games) and across genres, taking in horror, science fiction, the Gothic, the New Weird and more. The essays explore questions of genre, medical science, gender, biopower and capitalism, demonstrating the ways in which Gothic science fiction textsstage contemporary concerns around power, anxiety, resistance and capital.

NOW Yearbook 1980 displays a variety of stylistic content of the material, that is, will be, and perhaps will be, just a discovery. The Now Thats What I Call Music team step back to 1980, the year began arguably the best decade in pop, for a fifth full volume of their ever popular Yearbook releases. NOW Yearbook 80 comes as a 4CD deluxe hardcover book edition and a 3LP set pressed on clear vinyl. The 4CD set (also available in cheaper standard packaging) offer 85 tracks across the four discs and is a wonderful reminder of just how good 1980 was, with its intersection of pure pop, new wave, post-punk, the beginnings of new romanticism, disco hangovers from the 70s along with some weird and wonderful forgotten tracks.
NOW Yearbook 1980 (2022)
Doo-Wop, Rockabilly, New Wave, Synth-pop, Funk, Hard Rock, Post-Punk, Eurodisco, Country, Reggae, Power Pop, Ballad | Sony Music, Universal Music Group, Now Twic, EMI Records
320 kbps | MP3 | unmixed | 21-06-2022 | 05:11:47 | 728 Mb

Size: 179.08 MB | Total Duration: 30:53 | Total Tracks: 6
Format: FLAC | 838 Kbps
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Artist: The Zebras
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NOW have announced a new boxset, NOW Yearbook 80-84: The Final Chapter. The new collection is available as an 81-track Special Edition 4CD set housed in hardback book packaging, including a 28-page booklet featuring a summary of the period, a track-by-track guide, a quiz, and original singles artwork, a standard 4CD package and a very limited 3LP golden vinyl set which has 43 tracks celebrating more pop magic from a truly exceptional time in the UK charts. The 4CD set includes tracks from some of the eras biggest names including Eurythmics, Kate Bush, The Smiths, Scritti Politti, Kim Wilde, Ultravox, Blancmange, The Human League, Howard Jones, Lionel Richie, Flash & The Pan, Patrice Rushen and Shalamar.
NOW - Yearbook 1980 - 1984: The Final Chapter (4CD)
Disco, Soundtrack, Funk, Vocal, Synth-pop, Reggae, Punk, Arena Rock, Soul, Ballad, Rocksteady, New Wave | Sony Music, Universal Music Group, Now Twic, EMI Records
320 kbps | MP3 | unmixed | 07-11-2022 | 05:30:47 | 771 Mb

UK three CD collection of vintage Punk from 1980. Following on from Cherry Red's critically acclaimed and commercially successful 1977, 1978 and 1979 compilations comes. Subtitled Brand New Rage, this 75-track release covers the Punk scene of the day and it's sub genres. Also featuring the first fruits of Oi! Via the Cockney Rejects and the Angelic Upstarts and the imminent UK/82 scene spearheaded by Discharge and The Exploited, plus Power Pop gems from The Stiffs, Richard & The Taxmen and The Elevators (and who can't love a song called 'Your I's Are Too Close Together'?), and Max Splodge, The Dickies and Squad, who raise a flag for the Punk Pathetique movement while Goths have Theatre Of Hate and UK Decay.
1980: Brand New Rage 3CD (2022)
Power Pop, Uk Punk, New Wave, Gothic, Ska, Punk, Oi Music, Hard Rock, Alternative | Cherry Red Records / Captain OI!
320 kbps | MP3 | unmixed | 28-10-2022 | 03:39:29 | 532 Mb