TY - GEN T1 - Screening nostalgia : populuxe props and technicolor aesthetics in contemporary American film A1 - Sprengler, Christine LA - English PP - New York PB - Berghahn Books YR - 2009 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn646009072 AB - 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. OP - 198 CN - PN1995.9.N67 S67 2009eb SN - 9781845458881 SN - 1845458885 SN - 9781845455590 SN - 1845455592 SN - 9780857451613 SN - 0857451618 KW - Nostalgia in motion pictures. KW - Motion pictures : Aesthetics. KW - Motion pictures : United States : History : 20th century. KW - Nostalgie au cinéma. KW - Cinéma : Esthétique. KW - Cinéma : États-Unis : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - ART : Film & Video. KW - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : Reference. KW - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : Direction & Production. KW - Motion pictures KW - Motion pictures : Aesthetics KW - Nostalgia in motion pictures KW - United States KW - 1900-1999 KW - History ER -