{"product_id":"melt-with-me-coming-of-age-and-other-80s-perils-paperback","title":"Melt with Me: Coming of Age and Other '80s Perils - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Crenshaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the intersection of 1980s pop culture, the Cold War, and the trials of coming of age sits \u003ci\u003eMelt with Me\u003c\/i\u003e. Paul Crenshaw takes up a range of topics from \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e to video games, Choose Your Own Adventure books to the Satanic Panic. Blending the personal with the historical, levity with gravity, Crenshaw shows how pop culture shaped those who grew up in 1980s America: how Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative drove fears of nuclear war, how professional wrestling taught us everyone was either a good guy or a bad guy, how Bugs Bunny cartoons reflected the absurdity of war and mutually assured destruction, and how video games taught young boys, in particular, that no matter how hard they tried to save it, the world would end itself. Reflecting on the decade and its dark influence on fear-based notions of nation and manhood, Crenshaw writes, \"All this reminds me I'm still afraid of the same things I was afraid of as a child. Some days I think the movies are real and we're watching the last hour of humanity. You'll have to decide if there's any hope.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Crenshaw is the author of \u003ci\u003eThis One Will Hurt You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThis We'll Defend: A Noncombat Veteran on War and Its Aftermath. \u003c\/i\u003eHis essays and short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays, The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, Best American Nonrequired Reading, Brevity, Oxford American, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus, \u003c\/i\u003e among many other venues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.52 x 5.61 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765050376480,"sku":"9780814258828","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1fd54bba159743400693bf04e02b08cd.webp?v=1780261253","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/melt-with-me-coming-of-age-and-other-80s-perils-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}