Nostalgia now: cross-disciplinary perspectives on the past in the present

"This volume explores the nature of nostalgia as an important emotion in contemporary society and social theory. Situated between the 'sociology of emotions' and 'nostalgia studies', it considers the reasons for which nostalgia appears to be becoming an increasingly signific...

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Other Authors: Jacobsen, Michael Hviid 1971- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2020
Series:Routledge advances in sociology
Routledge advances in sociology
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Summary:"This volume explores the nature of nostalgia as an important emotion in contemporary society and social theory. Situated between the 'sociology of emotions' and 'nostalgia studies', it considers the reasons for which nostalgia appears to be becoming an increasingly significant and debated emotion in late-modern culture. With chapters offering studies of nostalgia at micro-, meso- and macro-levels of society, it offers insights into the rise to prominence of nostalgia and the attendant consequences. Thematically organised and examining the role of nostalgia on an individual level - in the lives of concrete individuals - as well as analysing its function on a more historical social level as a collective and culturally shared emotion Nostalgia Now brings together the latest empirical and theoretical work on an important contemporary emotion and proposes new agendas for research. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, social theory, psychology and cultural studies, with interests in the emotions"--
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 01, 2020)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 233 pages)
ISBN:9780429287602
0429287607
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1000034097
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1000034054
9781000034073
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