1980s in sociologyThe following events related to sociology occurred in the 1980s. Raymond Boudon's Crisis in sociology : problems of sociological epistemology is published. William Catton's Overshoot is published. Michel Foucault's Power/Knowledge is published. Richard Sennett's Authority is published. Immanuel Wallerstein's The Modern World-System (volume 2): Mercantilism and the Consolidation of the European World-Economy, 1600-1750 Raymond Boudon's Logic of social action : an introduction to sociological analysis is published.
1980s in musicFor music from a year in the 1980s, go to 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 This article includes an overview of the famous events and trends in popular music in the 1980s. The 1980s saw the emergence of electronic dance music and new wave, also known as Modern Rock. As disco fell out of fashion in the decade's early years, genres such as post-disco, Italo disco, Euro disco, and dance-pop became more popular. Rock music continued to enjoy a wide audience.
1980s in anthropologyTimeline of anthropology, 1980–1989 1984 "Turkana Boy" is discovered 1986 The Human Genome Project is launched 1989 The National Museum of the American Indian is founded in the U.S. 1980 Negara: The Theatre State in Nineteenth-Century Bali, by Clifford Geertz The Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America, by Michael Taussig 1981 In Vain I Tried To Tell You: Essays in Native American Ethnopoetics, by Dell Hymes Nisa: The Life and Words of a Kung Woman, by Marjorie Shostak 1982 Europe and the People Without History by Eric Wolf 1983 Local Knowledge: further essays in interpretive anthropology by Clifford Geertz 1984 Muelos: A Stone Age Superstition about Sexuality, by Weston La Barre 1985 Sweetness And Power : The Place Of Sugar In Modern History, by Sidney Mintz 1986 Writing Culture, ed.
1980s in fashionFashion of the 1980s was characterized by a rejection of 1970s fashion. Punk fashion began as a reaction against both the hippie movement of the past decades and the materialist values of the current decade. The first half of the decade was relatively tame in comparison to the second half, which was when apparel became very bright and vivid in appearance. Hair in the 1980s was typically big, curly, bouffant and heavily styled. Television shows such as Dynasty helped popularize the high volume bouffant and glamorous image associated with it.
