Screening American Nostalgia: Essays on Pop Culture Constructions of Past Times

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476680744
• ISBN13: 9781476680743
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up