Preface; Chapter One: Generations of Nostalgia; Chapter Two: The Dual Audience and Star Wars; Chapter Three: The Ultimate NES Remix of the Past; Chapter Four: Building Bricks of Nostalgia; Chapter Five: Same Story, Different Summer; Chapter Six: Surrogate Childhoods; Chapter Seven: Stream-lining the Past; Chapter Eight: The Now-stalgia of Social Media; Concluding Remarks; References; Index; About the Author
Summary
This book explores contemporary media's reliance on nostalgia in video games, movies, streaming sites, and even social media in their attempt to attract audiences of all generations. The book is interdisciplinary in approach and looks at the implications of this mediated past-focus on our cultural identities and our perception of memory itself
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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