{"product_id":"screening-nostalgia-populuxe-props-and-technicolor-aesthetics-in-contemporary-american-film-9781845455590","title":"Screening Nostalgia: Populuxe Props and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"In this fascinating in-depth study of the impact of nostalgia on contemporary American cinema, Christine Sprengler unpicks the history of the concept and explores its significance in theory and practice. She offers a lucid analysis of the development of nostalgia in American society and culture, navigating a path through the key debates and aligning herself with recent attempts to recuperate its critical potential. This journey opens up the myriad permutations of nostalgia across visual and material culture and their interface with cinema, with the 1950s emerging as a privileged moment. Four case studies (\u003c\/i\u003eSin City\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eFar From Heaven\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eThe Aviator\u003ci\u003e and \u003c\/i\u003eThe Good German\u003ci\u003e) analyse the ways in which aspects of visual design such as props, costume and colour contribute to the nostalgic aesthetic, allowing for both critical distance and emotion. Written with verve, style and impressive attention to detail, \u003ci\u003eScreening Nostalgia\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable addition to existing scholarship. It is also essential reading for anyone interested in the ways in which we access the past through cinema.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Pam Cook\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor Emerita in Film, University of Southampton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eScreening Nostalgia\u003ci\u003e provides a cogent summary of the history of America’s love affair with nostalgia as well as offering useful examples of how to mobilize nostalgia in critically sophisticated ways. The text is engaging and accessible and should have wide appeal, particularly among scholars and students of film and American cultural history.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Southwest Journal of Cultures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e\"The excellence of the scholarship (the bibliography alone covers a daunting range of fields from seventeenth-century medical case histories through to cutting edge critical theory) and the persuasive arguments which she presents do indeed develop a thorough and solid foundation for her theory of nostalgia in film, which can become an indispensible springboard for future research.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Scope\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Setting the Stage: The History of Nostalgia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e The Fifties: Nostalgia’s Privileged Object and the Origins of its Dominant American Strain\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e The Nostalgia Film in Practice and Theory\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSin City\u003c\/i\u003e: Reading the Tails of a Populuxe Prop\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eFar From Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e: Creative Agency, Social History and the Expressive Potential of Costume\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Aviator\u003c\/i\u003e: Deliberate Archaism, Technicolor Aesthetics and Style as Substance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Good German\u003c\/i\u003e and the Good of Nostalgia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tFilmography\u003cbr\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042980036951,"sku":"9781845455590","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845455590.jpg?v=1750956500","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/screening-nostalgia-populuxe-props-and-technicolor-aesthetics-in-contemporary-american-film-9781845455590","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}