at the same time as MTV, each aiding the other.
Videos such as “Hungry Like the Wolf” and “Rio,”
shot in exotic locations on 35mm film rather than
videotape, were a radical departure from other early
videos that featured bands simply performing on a
stage. Duran Duran was also one of the first bands to
use video technology during live performances. The
group’s style and technique had a lasting influence
on the medium, and its members received a lifetime
achievement award at the 2003 MTV Video Music
Awards. Their synthesizer-driven music, catchy pop
tunes, and focus on fashion and marketing also in-
fluenced later generations of artists and managers.
Further Reading
Kallen, Stuart A., and Bob Italia.Rock in Retrospect:
The 1980’s. Bloomington, Minn.: Abdo & Daugh-
ters, 1989.
Mallins, Steve.Duran Duran: Notorious. London: An-
dre Deutsch, 2006.
Martin, Susan.Duran Duran. New York: Wanderer
Books, 1984.
Marcella Bush Trevino
See also MTV; Music; Music videos; New Wave mu-
sic; Pop music; Synthesizers.
Dworkin, Andrea
Identification American
feminist
Born September 26, 1946;
Camden, New Jersey
Died April 9, 2005;
Washington, D.C.
The persistent and aggressive actions
of Andrea Dworkin to link pornogra-
phy to violence against women helped
strenthen the legal rights of women vic-
timized by sex crimes.
Andrea Dworkin was a fervent and
dedicated foe of male sexual dom-
inance, particularly as expressed
in pornography. Throughout the
1980’s, Dworkin wrote prolifically
and spoke passionately as an ad-
vocate for oppressed women. A
harsh critic of the male-dominated
worlds of publishing, politics, government, and big
business, she became a target for retaliatory hate
campaigns. She was also controversial within the fem-
inist movement, and a few influential feminists criti-
cized and publicly ridiculed Dworkin. Because of her
lack of political tact, abrasive manner, and obesity, as
well as claims by some that she was a lesbian, Dworkin
presented an inviting target for some critics, who
aimed where they believed it would do the most dam-
age: They accused Dworkin of being a radical feminist
solely because she was angry at herself for not being
attractive to men. Critics were unaware or uncon-
cerned that Dworkin’s romantic partner and even-
tual spouse was a man. Dworkin, though wounded
professionally and personally by these attacks, contin-
ued in her antipornography campaigns.
In 1983, while teaching for a semester at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota, Dworkin and attorney Cath-
arine MacKinnon wrote an ordinance that made
producing or selling pornography a violation of
women’s civil rights. It was passed twice by the Min-
neapolis city council but vetoed by the mayor. The
same ordinance was adopted by the state of Indiana
in 1984 but was later ruled unconstitutional and
overturned by an appeals court.
In 1986, Dworkin’s efforts against pornography
found an ally in the U.S. Attorney General’s office.304 Dworkin, Andrea The Eighties in America
Andrea Dworkin addresses a federal commission on pornography in January, 1986.
(AP/Wide World Photos)