The Emotional Weight of Past Considerations: Nostalgia, Longing & Images in Tension

• In Event: Political Transformations and Memory in TV and Film

Brief Overview

The heroic messages of many of these nostalgic representations highlight a sense of glory in past accomplishments, while often obscuring or eliding failure, insecurity, and the nostalgic longing of eras dominated by overt nationalism.

Author

• Lilly J. Goren, Carroll University