Routledge Handbook of Nostalgia

The Routledge Handbook of Nostalgia serves as a guide to the complex and often contradictory concept of nostalgia as well as the field of nostalgia studies more broadly.Nostalgia is an area of intense interest across several disciplines as well as within society and culture more generally. This handbook brings together an international interdisciplinary team of researchers to survey the current landscape and identify common trends achievements and gaps in existing literature. Comprising 45 chapters the volume covers the following topics:Disciplinary perspectives of nostalgias including philosophy history literature and psychology.Conceptual aspects of nostalgia including homesickness temporality affectivity and memory.Historical and political dimensions such as afro-nostalgia populism feminism and queer nostalgia.Spatial and material aspects of nostalgia including ruins regionalism and objects.Media related nostalgia such as analogue and digital nostalgia reboots revivals gaming and graphic novels.Essential reading for students and researchers working in nostalgia studies this book will also be beneficial to related disciplines such as philosophy anthropology geography history and literature; cultural media heritage museum and film studies courses; and more generally for readers interested in how the past is represented and used in the present.