Nostalgia : sanctuary of meaning /

Main Author: Wilson, Janelle L., 1968-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press, c2005.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Parade of concepts
  • "Nostalgia": a consideration of the concept
  • Memory: from a sociological perspective
  • Continuity of identity:
  • Putting the self back together again
  • Re-collecting the past
  • Recollections of the 1950s
  • A case of displaced nostalgia:
  • Young adults look back
  • The meaning of things
  • Objects in the home
  • The VW bug: collecting stories
  • Conclusions
  • Application: reminiscence and nostalgia
  • Serving individual and family continuity
  • (interviews with grandmothers)
  • Concluding thoughts.