Uncovering Stranger Things: Essays on Eighties Nostalgia, Cynicism and Innocence in the Series

by Rhonda Jackson Joseph and Nicholas Diak

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476671869
• ISBN13: 9781476671864
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher