The Uses of the Past in Contemporary Western Popular Culture: Nostalgia, Politics, Lifecycles, Mediations, and Materialities

Becker, Tobias; Georgiou, Dion

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the different ways in which the past remains present in Western popular culture in the twenty-first century. It combines theoretical analyses with case study-based chapters focusing on examples from Britain, the US, and Germany, among other countries. In doing so, it pushes beyond a simplistic and monolithic conception of what ‘nostalgia’ is to allow for a more nuanced and varied conceptualisation of this phenomenon, and to also incorporate other ways of understanding the invoking or inclusion of different histories within cultural objects, formats, and practices.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2024-08-25

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783031547393

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-54740-9

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 353