Description
| Product ID: | 9781476680743 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Screening American Nostalgia |
| Subtitle: | Essays on Pop Culture Constructions of Past Times |
| Authors: | Author: Antonia Mackay, Susan Flynn |
| Page Count: | 217 |
| Subjects: | Film history, theory or criticism, Film theory & criticism, History of the Americas, Popular culture, History of the Americas, Popular culture, USA |
| Description: | Examines American screen culture and its power to create and sustain values. Looking specifically at the ways in which nostalgia colours the visions of American life, essays explore contemporary American ideology as it is created and sustained by the screen. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Publisher Name: | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-08-09 |
