Screening American Nostalgia - Essays on Pop Culture Constructions of Past Times (Paperback)

This book examines American screen culture and its power to create and sustain values. Looking specifically at the ways in which nostalgia colors the visions of American life, essays explore contemporary American ideology as it is created and sustained by the screen. Nostalgia is omnipresent, selling a version of America that arguably never existed. Current socio-cultural challenges are played out onscreen and placed within the historical milieu through a nostalgic lens which is tempered by contemporary conservatism. Essays reveal not only the visual catalog of recognizable motifs but also how these are used to temper the uncertainty of contemporary crises. Media covered spans from 1939's Gone with the Wind, to Stranger Things, The Americans, Twin Peaks, the Fallout franchise and more.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2021
Editors:	Susan Flynn • Antonia Mackay
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	217
ISBN-13:	978-1-4766-8074-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4766-8074-4
Barcode:	9781476680743

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