stranger things context

Question 1

social contexts

Answer 1

-reflects 1980s family life, gender roles
-joyce struggles to support her family financially highlighting class issues and lack of state support in 1980s america
-social anxieties around scientific experimentations and conspiracies
-men in power = patriarchal system
-conflicting representations show difference between 1980s setting and 2016 production
-contrast of working class families and middle class families

Question 2

cultural context:

Answer 2

-american dream that anyone can attain their own version of success no matter their birth place and class contrasted by joyce

Question 3

historical context

Answer 3

-obsession with threat from Russia during cold war is reflected through stranger things

Question 4

political context

Answer 4

-anxiety about spies (russia and communism) reflected through shadowy world of secret agents

Question 5

economic context:

Answer 5

-high production 6 mill per episode
-cinematic qualities of show
-stars like wiona ryder