Yesterday : a new history of nostalgia
Nostalgia, supposedly, is the sphere of the sentimentalist. But also, and most definitely, it is a force in the creation of the present and future and thus worth careful thought. Yesterday argues that nostalgia's critics defend an idea of progress as naïve as the longing they denounce, while co...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Langue: | English |
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Cambridge : Harvard University Press,
2023
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| Sujets: | Nostalgia Collective memory Progress Popular culture |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (345 pages) |
| Résumé: | Nostalgia, supposedly, is the sphere of the sentimentalist. But also, and most definitely, it is a force in the creation of the present and future and thus worth careful thought. Yesterday argues that nostalgia's critics defend an idea of progress as naïve as the longing they denounce, while conflating nostalgia itself with historical whitewashing. 1. Revisiting: The Meanings of Nostalgia -- 2. Regressing: The Politics of Nostalgia -- 3. Reviving: The Past in Popular Culture -- 4. Reliving: The History Boom -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
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| Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (345 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780674294752 0674294750 9780674251755 067425175X |