Velvet Retro
Title | Velvet Retro PDF eBook |
Author | Veronika Pehe |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 2020-02-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1789206286 |
Scholars of state socialism have frequently invoked “nostalgia” to identify an uncritical longing for the utopian ambitions and lived experience of the former Eastern Bloc. However, this concept seems insufficient to describe memory cultures in the Czech Republic and other contexts in which a “retro” fascination with the past has proven compatible with a steadfast critique of the state socialist era. This innovative study locates a distinctively retro aesthetic in Czech literature, film, and other cultural forms, enriching our understanding of not only the nation’s memory culture, but also the ways in which popular culture can structure collective memory.
Media and Nostalgia
Title | Media and Nostalgia PDF eBook |
Author | K. Niemeyer |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2014-05-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1137375884 |
Media and Nostalgia is an interdisciplinary and international exploration of media and their relation to nostalgia. Each chapter demonstrates how nostalgia has always been a media-related matter, studying also the recent nostalgia boom by analysing, among others, digital photography, television series and home videos.
Retro, History and Nostalgia
Title | Retro, History and Nostalgia PDF eBook |
Author | Stella Sims |
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Release | 2015 |
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Growing Up: Retro Nostalgia & Humor of the 1940's & 1950's
Title | Growing Up: Retro Nostalgia & Humor of the 1940's & 1950's PDF eBook |
Author | Skip Wallach |
Publisher | Highsight Publishing |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 2009-11 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780972898911 |
Wallach chronicles the universal journey of growing up during 1940s through early 1960s, the Golden Age of Innocence, in a series of short, easy-reading chapters based on the embellished life of the author's alter ego, Chip.
Consumed Nostalgia
Title | Consumed Nostalgia PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Cross |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 2015-09-08 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0231539606 |
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. For many of us, modern memory is shaped less by a longing for the social customs and practices of the past or for family heirlooms handed down over generations and more by childhood encounters with ephemeral commercial goods and fleeting media moments in our age of fast capitalism. This phenomenon has given rise to communities of nostalgia whose members remain loyal to the toys, television, and music of their youth. They return to the theme parks and pastimes of their upbringing, hoping to reclaim that feeling of childhood wonder or teenage freedom. Consumed nostalgia took definite shape in the 1970s, spurred by an increase in the turnover of consumer goods, the commercialization of childhood, and the skillful marketing of nostalgia. Gary Cross immerses readers in this fascinating and often delightful history, unpacking the cultural dynamics that turn pop tunes into oldies and childhood toys into valuable commodities. He compares the limited appeal of heritage sites such as Colonial Williamsburg to the perpetually attractive power of a Disney theme park and reveals how consumed nostalgia shapes how we cope with accelerating change. Today nostalgia can be owned, collected, and easily accessed, making it less elusive and often more fun than in the past, but its commercialization has sometimes limited memory and complicated the positive goals of recollection. By unmasking the fascinating, idiosyncratic character of modern nostalgia, Cross helps us better understand the rituals of recall in an age of fast capitalism.
Yesterday
Title | Yesterday PDF eBook |
Author | Tobias Becker |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 345 |
Release | 2023 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 067425175X |
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.
The Nostalgia Nerd's Retro Tech: Computer, Consoles & Games
Title | The Nostalgia Nerd's Retro Tech: Computer, Consoles & Games PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Leigh |
Publisher | Ilex Press |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2018-11-01 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 1781576823 |
Remember what a wild frontier the early days of home gaming were? Manufacturers releasing new consoles at a breakneck pace; developers creating games that kept us up all night, then going bankrupt the next day; and what self-respecting kid didn't beg their parents for an Atari or a Nintendo? This explosion of computers, consoles, and games was genuinely unlike anything the tech world has seen before or since. This thoroughly researched and geeky trip down memory lane pulls together the most entertaining stories from this dynamic era, and brings you the classic tech that should never be forgotten.