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Screening American Nostalgia: Essays on Pop Culture Constructions of Past Times
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Screening American Nostalgia: Essays on Pop Culture Constructions of Past Times
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Screening American Nostalgia: Essays on Pop Culture Constructions of Past Times
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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
, to
, the
franchise and more.