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1980s in sociology
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1980s in music
For 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 science and technology
This article is a summary of the 1980s in science and technology. The Rings of Neptune were first discovered in 1984. The Voyager 2 spacecraft provided images of them in 1989. 4769 Castalia was discovered in 1989. It became the first asteroid to be viewed through radar imaging. The first exoplanet is discovered in 1988, though it was not confirmed until much later. Genetic engineering timeline 1983 Kary Mullis revolutionized molecular biology with his invention of the polymerase chain reaction, which required only a test tube, some reagents, a DNA template, and a source of heat.
1980s in anthropology
Timeline 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.
Années 1980 en mode
vignette|redresse|Modèles de la saison 1985 en Allemagne. La mode des années 1980 devient matérialiste et met l'accent sur l'apparence. Logo, marques, couleurs, maquillage, la tenue et ses indispensables accessoires doivent être ostentatoires. Le corps sportif est moulé dans des vêtements épousant la moindre forme. Paris redevient le centre de la mode mondiale, imposant nombre de nouveaux stylistes venus de différents horizons ; la moribonde haute couture, représentée par les deux monstres sacrés Saint Laurent et Givenchy, retrouve du succès : tous les regards se tournent vers la capitale française où jusque dans la rue, la mode est créative, omniprésente ; Mugler et Montana en sont les vedettes.