Nostalgia Now : Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on the Past in the Present (Paperback)

Introduction: in times of nostalgia: the brave new world of a grand old emotionMichael Hviid JacobsenPart 1: Conceptual and theoretical perspectives on nostalgia1. Nostalgia: the paradoxical bittersweet emotionKrystine Irene Batcho2. The psychology of nostalgia: delineating the emotion’s nature and functionsTim Wildschut and Constantine Sedikides 3. Future imaginings: nostalgia for unrealized possible selvesJanelle L. Wilson4. Retrotopia rising: the topics of utopia, retrotopia and nostalgia in the sociology of Zygmunt BaumanMichael Hviid JacobsenPart 2: Memory, politics and social critique in a mediatised era5. Dangerous memories: nostalgia and the historical sublimeSteven T. Ostovich6. The dilemmas of radical nostalgia: acknowledging the power of the past in the politics of the LeftAlastair Bonnett7. The political staging of nostalgia: neo-Ottomanism in contemporary TurkeyYagmur Karakaya8. The future of nostalgia is inevitable: reflections on mediated nostalgiaRyan LizardiPart 3: Consumerism, migration and everyday life9. The darkside of nostalgic bonds: moral motivators of consumer identities, decisions and behavioursStacey Menzel Baker and Courtney Nations Azzari10. Transmigratory nostalgia: sentimentality and everyday life on the Japan Exchange and Teaching programmeSharleen Estampador-Hughson11. Living in nostalgia: exploring expatriate experiences of everyday nostalgia in PattayaMichael Hviid Jacobsen