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On nostalgia / by Berry, David(David M.),1984-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From Mad Men to MAGA: how nostalgia came to be and why we are so eager to indulge it. A remake of Home Alone, the incessant anniversarizing of past events, the trendiness of the "artisanal," the fervor for Friends, the return of the LP, and more: nostalgia is all the rage. From movies to politics, this ceaseless looking backward is one of the most potent forces of our era. On Nostalgia is a panoramic cultural history of nostalgia, exploring how a force that started as a psychological diagnosis of soldiers fighting far from home has become a quintessentially modern condition. Drawing on everything from the modern science of memory to the romantic ideals of advertising, and traversing cultural movements from futurism to fascism to Facebook, cultural critic David Berry examines how the relentless search for self and overwhelming presence of mass media stokes the fires of nostalgia, making it as inescapable as it is hard to pin down. Holding fast against the pull of the past while trying to understand what makes the fundamental impossibility of return so appealing, On Nostalgia explores what it means to remember, how the universal yearning is used by us and against us, and it considers a future where the past is more readily available and easier to lose track of than it ever has been"--
Subjects: Nostalgia.;
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North-side nostalgia 1889 - 1989 : 100 years at De Grassi Point, Lake Simcoe / by McMurrich, A. R. (Ted).; Heidenreich, Conrad E.,1936-;
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Uncle : race, nostalgia, and the politics of loyalty / by Thompson, Cheryl,1977-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Jackie Robinson, President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, O. J. Simpson, and Christopher Darden have all been accused of being an Uncle Tom during their careers. How, why, and with what consequences for our society did Uncle Tom morph first into a servile old man and then into a racial epithet hurled at African American men deemed, by other Black people, to have betrayed their race? Uncle Tom, the eponymous figure in Harriet Beecher Stowe's sentimental anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, was a loyal Christian who died a martyr's death. But soon after the best-selling novel appeared, theatre troupes across North America and Europe transformed Stowe's story into minstrel shows featuring white men in blackface. In Uncle, Cheryl Thompson traces Tom's journey from literary character to racial trope. She exposes the relentless reworking of Uncle Tom into a nostalgic, racial metaphor with the power to shape how we see Black men, a distortion visible in everything from Uncle Ben and Rastus the Cream of Wheat chef to the first interracial dance partners in Hollywood, Shirley Temple and Bill ‘Bojangles' Robinson. In a post-truth North America, where nostalgia is used as a political tool to rewrite history, Uncle makes the case for why understanding the production of racial stereotypes matters more than ever before."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.; Uncle Tom (Fictitious character); African Americans in mass media.; African Americans in popular culture.; African Americans; Stereotypes (Social psychology);
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What happens later [videorecording] / by Dietz, Steven,screenwriter.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Dietz, Steven.Plays.Selections.; Duchovny, David,actor.; Duffy, Jonathan(Producer),film producer.; Lynn, Kirk,screenwriter.; Mann, Kristin,1981-film producer.; Ryan, Meg,film director,actor,screenwriter.; Smith, Laura,film producer.; Williams, Kelly(Producer),film producer.; Bleecker Street (Firm),presenter.; Decal (Firm),publisher,film distributor.; Jupiter Peak Production (Firm),production company.; Prowess Pictures (Firm),production company.; Rockhill Studios (Firm),production company.; Ten Acre Films,production company.;
Meg Ryan, David Duchovny."Two ex-lovers, Bill and Willa, get snowed in at an airport overnight. Indefinitely delayed, Willa, a magical thinker, and Bill, a catastrophic one, find themselves just as attracted to and annoyed by one another as they did decades earlier. As they unpack their past, they begin to wonder if their reunion is mere coincidence, or something more enchanted." --container.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language, some sexual references and brief drug use.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Romantic comedy films.; Feature films.; Airports; Blizzards; Flight delays; Man-woman relationships; Nostalgia; Love;
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The year of what if / by Patrick, Phaedra,author.;
On the verge of her second marriage, Carla Carter knows she's finally found the one. She and her fiancé, Tom, met through Logical Love, a dating agency she founded for the pragmatically minded, and she's confident that, together, they will dispel an old family curse claiming Carter women are unlucky in love. For peace of mind, Carla's family insists she visit a fortune teller before she ties the knot. Except the tarot unexpectedly reveals that the love of Carla's life is not Tom, but one of the several men she briefly dated during her European gap year--twenty-one years ago. Only weeks away from her big day, Carla sets off across Europe to track down her exes from that unforgettable year, desperate to prove the fortune teller wrong. From Spain to Portugal, Italy to France, will one be her perfect match? And can a face from her past help Carla rewrite her entire family history--forever?
Subjects: Chick lit.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Blessing and cursing; Fortune-tellers; Man-woman relationships; Marriage; Nostalgia; Quests (Expeditions);
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Backflash [graphic novel] / by Johnson, Mat,author.; Lieber, Steve,illustrator.; Loughridge, Lee,colourist.; Robins, Clem,1955-letterer.; Rogers, Tom(Illustrator),illustrator.;
"Overwhelmed with grief over the death of his mother, shamed by his failures in marriage and fatherhood, and burdened by massive debt, Devin's life is spiraling out of control. That is, until he discovers the impossible: nostalgia is his superpower. With a random touch of family memorabilia, he can travel back in time, mentally, reliving the best moments of his past while finding relief from the present. With his mother gone, Devin can now investigate her greatest secret: the identity of the father he never knew. But the more Devin "backflashes" into time, the faster his present life falls apart. On this hunt for a truth that was never supposed to come to light, Devin must come to terms with his past if he wants any chance at a future"--
Subjects: Science fiction comics.; Time-travel comics.; Graphic novels.; Ability; African Americans; Family secrets; Nostalgia; Time travel;
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Farewell, Amethystine / by Mosley, Walter,author.;
"Easy Rawlins's latest client sends him down a warren of memory and nostalgia, blinding him to reason and risk, from "master of the genre," (Washington Post) Walter Mosley"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Rawlins, Easy (Fictitious character); African American men; Missing persons; Murder; Nineteen seventies; Private investigators;
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Watchmen [videorecording] / by Abdul-Mateen, Yahya,II,1986-actor.; Fisher, Frances,1952-actor.; Gossett, Louis,Jr.,1936-actor.; Howard, Andrew,1969-actor.; Irons, Jeremy,1948-actor.; Johnson, Don,1950-actor.; King, Regina,actor.; Mison, Tom,1982-actor.; Moore, Alan,actor.; Nelson, Tim Blake,actor.; Smart, Jean,actor.; Vickers, Sara(Actor),actor.; Wolk, James,actor.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,distributor.;
Regina King, Yahya Abdul-Mateen Ii, Tom Mison, Sara Vickers, Jeremy Irons, Andrew Howard, Louis Gossett Jr., Jean Smart, Tim Blake Nelson, James Wolk, Frances Fisher, Don Johnson.Set in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws, this series embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel of the same name, while attempting to break new ground of its own.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Television programs.; Television mini-series.; Superhero television programs.; Superheroes; Vigilantes;
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Waxing on : The karate kid and me / by Macchio, Ralph,1961-author.;
"A fun-filled memoir by the Karate Kid and Cobra Kai actor that's equal parts nostalgia and contemporary relevance, based on both the classic movies and his current show, which is Netflix's #1 hit and gaining legions of new fans from every generation"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Macchio, Ralph, 1961-; Cobra Kai (Television program); Karate kid (Motion picture : 1984); Actors; Martial arts films; Martial arts television programs;
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Same time next summer / by Monaghan, Annabel,author.;
"The ultimate summer nostalgia read, about an engaged woman who comes face to face with her first love who she hasn't seen in fourteen years, but who she spent every summer with from age five to seventeen when he broke her heart, calling into question everything she thought she knew about their love story, and herself"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Fiancés; First loves;
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