1980

Our topic is the depiction of women in music videos over the last thirty five years (1980s to now). We chose this topic because we were interested in seeing if the image of women in music videos has changed since the first music video was released in the 1980s. We chose to focus on music videos because they are an important part of the music industry, especially in the department of sales. Music videos increase the sales of songs as well as be viewed by millions of people around the world. Music…

became a common practice during the 1980s. During this time period, several fashion designers had turned into celebrities in their own right. You are most likely familiar with many of the designer brands that were led by ambitious and charismatic personalities such as Domenico Dolce, Stefano Gabbana of Dolce and Gabbana, Ralph Lauren, Bill Blass, Calvin Klein, and Halston. The fashion industry of the early 2000s had turned into a global body for certain. Luxury Fashion conglomerates have been…

Lee Sung-Man. For the purpose of the paper I will look at the country that emerged in the South. To do so I read, South Korea Since 1980. South Korea Since 1980 was written by Dr. Uk Heo with help and input from Terence Roehrig. It was published by Cambridge University Press in 2010, with a reprint in 2011 to accommodate for the passing…

The Staggers Rail Act of 1980, was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on October 14. This law deregulated the railroad industry (to a significant extent) and replaced the regulatory structure that existed since the 1887 Interstate Commerce Act. This Act followed the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976. This act was established for the basic outlines of regulatory reform in the railroad industry. Staggers accompanied in a new era in which railroads could largely…

Throughout history, specifically the 1980-90s in comparison to our present day gender roles, there has been a progression away from confining mothers to their mothering expectations of the past years. This progression came due to many forms of resistance such as, acceptance of working mothers, post war feminism, as well as the gender roles that mothers face. While society may have grown away from the traditional idea that mothers cannot work and raise a child properly, it has also created a…

young children and pensioners and said that many people on low incomes had insufficient money to buy the food and services necessary for good health. (bbc) The Acheson report found that there was an increase of inequalities since the black report in 1980 between the poor and…

Hollywood’s Portrayals of Teenagers in the 1980s ...discuss Hollywood's portrayals of the teens of the 1980s. Talk about films that examine these portrayals. Evaluate how they reflected the social and political perspectives of the decade. In the 1980s, Hollywood saw a resurgence in teen films. A majority of these films dealt with sexual activity. Films like Little Darlings (1980), The Last American Virgin (1982), and Joy of Sex (1984) portrayed teenagers as only concerned about their own…

In this 1980 film cultures collide all due to a Coca-Cola bottle. The cultures represented in the movie have many things that are different between the two. Not everyone and everything is the same. Nothing is perceived as perfect or normal, even when they collide. Though the cultures of the Bushmen and “modern society” were only but around 600 miles apart, they were nowhere near the same. Due to this, people would have the ideology of them to be similar in some manner but with the environmental…

It is interesting that the CDC date the obesity epidemic starting in the early 1980’s. That is nearly 40 years ago. While I understand that obviously, there is no quick fix to solving this problem, I feel like more has gotten worse than better. The fact that obesity is a big risk factor to 5 out of the 10 leading causes of death and the prediction that 32-52% of Americans may be obese by 2030 is terrifying. The fact that there is a chance that over half of Americans would be obese really helps…

Before 1980’s an average family in China had approximately four children and the population was getting out of hand which led to food shortage and famine. The communist party took in charge of the problem during 1980’s and restricted one child per couple in order to stabilize water and food supplies. The goal was to keep the population under 1.2 billion by the end of the twentieth century. Since 1980 doctors all over China, doctors have performed 196 sterilizations and 336 abortions to help…