Revolutionary nostalgia : retromania, neo-burlesque and consumer culture /

Nostalgia, they say, is not what it used to be. Once a witticism, this statement about the past has come to pass. Nostalgia really isn't what it used to be. Less than a generation ago, it was regarded as reactionary, as regressive, as reprehensible. Now, it is considered conducive to health, we...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cervellon, Marie-Cécile (Author), Brown, Stephen, 1955 March 23- (Author)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Emerald studies in alternativity and marginalization
Subjects:
Nostalgia > Social aspects.
Retromarketing.
Consumer behavior.
Postmodernism.
Social Science > Popular Culture.
Society & culture: general.
Online Access:Full-text access
Table of Contents:
  • Prelims
  • Introduction
  • 1. Welcome to wonderland
  • Section I: Past and present
  • 2. Borne back ceaselessly
  • 3. Wheel meet again
  • 4. Come the revolution
  • Section II: Focus and findings
  • 5. Burlesque in brief
  • 6. Considering consumer culture
  • 7. Fans of freedom
  • Section III: Context and concepts
  • 8. Ghost dance stance
  • 9. Retro rising redux
  • 10. Dancing is life
  • Conclusion
  • 11. At the hop
  • Appendix 1: definitions of nostalgia
  • Appendix 2: list of informants
  • References
  • Index.

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