But there was a cultural turn where these events weren't supposed to be happening anymore.

During the 1980s, it underwent what many describe as the "cultural turn".

The cultural turn was a movement among scholars in the social sciences to make culture the focus of contemporary debates within the discipline.

As this list implies, the cultural turn gained mass prominence in the early 1970s.

Culture is a large part of the cultural turn because American citizens began constructing identities for themselves in a new world.

The cultural turn brought about more emphasis on meaning and culture over politics.

The cultural turn has helped cultural studies to gain more respect as an academic discipline.

The cultural turn in historiography has recently emphasized issues of language, religion, gender, and identity.

"This new phenomenon is obviously a cultural turn back to the pre-1960's sense of formality and manners," she said.

Because women's roles have changed so drastically over the last century, each cultural turn can create a dramatic new view of the subject's life.