Screening nostalgia : populuxe props and technicolor aesthetics in contemporary American film / Christine Sprengler.

Author/creator Sprengler, Christine
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
Descriptionx, 198 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- Setting the stage: the history of nostalgia -- The fifties: nostalgia's privileged object and the origins of its dominant American strain -- The nostalgia film in practice and theory -- Sin city: reading the tails of a populuxe prop -- Far from heaven: creative agency, social history and the expressive potential of costume -- The aviator: deliberate archaism, technicolor aesthetics and style as substance -- Conclusion: The good German and the good of nostalgia.
General note"Berghahn on film"--Cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [181]-189) and index.
Bibliography noteIncludes filmography: p. [175]-180.
LCCN 2008047740
ISBN9781845455590 (alk. paper)
ISBN1845455592 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PN 1995.9.N67 S67 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold