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  ABBA 1974: The Birth of Swedish Modernity?

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  Christian Christensen Karlstad University — Sweden

  November 05, 2007

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  ABBA 1974: The Birth of Swedish Modernity? globalization marketing nostalgia competition nationalism music Sweden 1970s Eurovision ABBA Scandinavia Bjorn Borg IKEA Curator's Note For me, this clip of ABBA's winning performance at the 1974 Eurovi ...
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  What is so comical about old choreography?

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  Mari Pajala University of Turku (Finland)

  November 09, 2007

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  What is so comical about old choreography? history globalization nostalgia music video Scandanavia Finland Armi & Danny 1970s Grease dance comedy Gregorious YMCA context Curator's Note Many of the most widely circulated clips of old Finnish telev ...
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  Burgundy Histories? WEWS-TV “Catch 5!” 1970s promo

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  Mark Williams Dartmouth College

  February 26, 2008

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  particular fosters an opening of reading possibilities, I want to encourage more possibilities than camp ... Burgundy histories?- that deploy camp to new advantage. Or might such projects conflict with a possible ...
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  Oh, What a Primetime Party: The Night is Young on the WB

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  Miranda Banks Loyola Marymount University

  April 03, 2008

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  Oh, What a Primetime Party: The Night is Young on the WB branding idents race HBO sexuality nostalgia Buffy the Vampire Slayer youth culture demographics Dawson's Creek The WB cross-series interaction Charmed Roswell Popular The Jamie Foxx Show 7th H ...
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  Raphael Saadiq's Soul Memories

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  Michael D Dwyer Arcadia University

  August 30, 2012

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  "Big Easy"—a feeling of horror at the conditions that made Katrina possible, and the longing for ...
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  Bittersweet: 1990s Russian Commercials for Imported Chocolate

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  Natalia Andrievskikh Binghamton University

  October 30, 2014

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  Bittersweet: 1990s Russian Commercials for Imported Chocolate Russian cyberspace representation nostalgia cultural memory commercials Candyland Audience reception Curator's Note From the Soviet-time deficit of quality chocolate that was accessible to ...
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  Nostalgic Returns

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  Sara Saljoughi University of Toronto

  August 25, 2015

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  Nostalgic Returns nostalgia Middle East Iran cinema cinema journal In Focus Curator's Note This clip from Ana Lily Amirpour's wildly successful film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) operates through nostalgia for a "lost" period ...
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  Harmonies of Discord: Pop Oldies and Horror Trailers

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  Leanne Weston University of Warwick

  May 02, 2016

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  Harmonies of Discord: Pop Oldies and Horror Trailers soundtrack pop songs nostalgia horror cinema aesthetics Curator's Note The use of oldies and covers of oldies in trailers is not a new phenomenon. However, the harmonious discord at work when oldie ...
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  New Nostalgia in “Watchmen”

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  Jade C. Huell California State University Northridge

  September 14, 2020

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  New Nostalgia in “Watchmen” watchmen nostalgia comics HBO Curator's Note Removed from the Watchmen universe and dropped into an edgy and dark contemporary context where racialized realities are front and center, HBO’s “Watchmen” shatters neo-liberal ...