1980s Context
- Created by: harriet.campion
- Created on: 10-03-19 12:31
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- 1980s
- Politics
- The Berlin Wall
- Separated East and West Berlin
- Demolition began in 1989
- Symbolised lack of freedom under Communism
- People fed from East to West Berlin
- Thatcher
- 1979 - 1990 (resigned)
- Resigned after losing a leadership contest to John Mayor
- Stubborn with her cabinet
- Favoured a free market (the government control less)
- Eg trainlines, orginally government run so prices were low. She made them private and the prices began to rise
- transferred power from the public sector to the private sector
- traditional christian value
- very patriotic - didn't like the EU
- The Poll Tax - everyone paid the same taxes regardless of income
- Russian's named her "The Iron Woman"
- Stood up for the UK
- 1979 - 1990 (resigned)
- Ronald Regan
- Against Communism
- The Berlin Wall
- Music
- Sub genres of rock
- Glam metal, alternative rock, synthpop
- Madonna, Whitey Housten
- Iconic female artists
- Band Aid - Do They Know it's Christmas
- Best selling song of 1980s
- Live Aid
- Raised funds for the Ethiopian Famine
- Phil Collins, Queen, Elton John, Paul McCartney
- Raised funds for the Ethiopian Famine
- Sub genres of rock
- Medecine
- First surrogate pregnancy
- Both baby and mum were physically healthy
- First genetically modified crops
- HIV/AIDS outbreak
- Stereotyped as a gay disease
- Biologically, gay men are more likely to transmit HIV
- Not a lot of access to healthcare for gay men
- 39 million deaths
- Stereotyped as a gay disease
- First surrogate pregnancy
- Literature
- Back to realism abandoned in 60s
- Bold structures
- Black american perspective
- The Colour Purple - Alice Walker
- Black american perspective
- The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
- Politics
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