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Mcfarland & Co Inc - Screening American Nostalgia Essays On Pop Culture Constructions Of Past Times - Paperback
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Description: 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.
Title: Screening American Nostalgia Essays On Pop Culture Constructions Of Past Times
Brand: Mcfarland & Co Inc
Barcode: 9781476680743
Pages: 217 Pages, 15 Photos, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Publication Date: 8/9/2021
Category: Popular Culture
Description: 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.
Title: Screening American Nostalgia Essays On Pop Culture Constructions Of Past Times
Brand: Mcfarland & Co Inc
Barcode: 9781476680743
Pages: 217 Pages, 15 Photos, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Publication Date: 8/9/2021
Category: Popular Culture
