1st Edition
The Geography of Nostalgia Global and Local Perspectives on Modernity and Loss
By Alastair Bonnett
Copyright 2016
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
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We are familiar with the importance of 'progress' and 'change'. But what about loss? Across the world, from Beijing to Birmingham, people are talking about loss: about the loss that occurs when populations try to make new lives in new lands as well as the loss of traditions, languages and landscapes. The Geography of Nostalgia is the first study of loss as a global and local phenomenon,... Read more
Introduction 1. Nostalgic Commodities and Nostalgic Resistance 2. The Anxieties and Adventures of Green Nostalgia: Environmentalism after Constructionism 3. Nostalgia across Asia: The Uses of the Past and the Dilemmas of Authenticity 4. Migrant Nostalgias: The Persistence of Loss 5. Nostalgia for the City: Conservation, Mobility and Critique 6. Getting Back: The Forest, Home and the Local Walk Conclusions
Biography
Alastair Bonnett is Professor of Social Geography at the University of Newcastle, UK.
