The Uses of the Past in Contemporary Western Popular Culture
Author | : Tobias Becker |
Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-09-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 303154739X |
ISBN-13 | : 9783031547393 |
Rating | : 4/5 (9X Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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.