The Routledge Handbook of Nostalgia

This handbook provides a thorough exploration of nostalgia, addressing its complexities and relevance across various disciplines, making it a key resource for understanding the concept.

The Routledge Handbook of Nostalgia serves as a comprehensive guide to the intricate and often conflicting nature of nostalgia, delving into the emerging field of nostalgia studies. This handbook is an essential resource for understanding how nostalgia influences various aspects of society and culture. With contributions from an international and interdisciplinary team of researchers, it surveys the current landscape of nostalgia studies, highlighting significant trends, achievements, and existing gaps in the literature.

Comprising 45 detailed chapters, the Routledge Handbook of Nostalgia explores a wide array of topics. It addresses disciplinary perspectives on nostalgia, including insights from philosophy, history, literature, and psychology. The book also examines conceptual aspects, such as homesickness, temporality, affectivity, and memory, providing a thorough understanding of how these elements intertwine with nostalgic experiences.

In addition to theoretical discussions, the handbook investigates historical and political dimensions, including afro-nostalgia, populism, feminism, and queer nostalgia, along with spatial and material aspects like ruins, regionalism, and objects of nostalgia. Media-related nostalgia is also covered, encompassing both analogue and digital experiences, reboots, revivals, gaming, and graphic novels. This book is not only vital for students and researchers in nostalgia studies but also serves related disciplines, offering insights into how the past is represented and utilized in contemporary contexts.