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'Nostalgia for the future': memory, nostalgia and the politics of class

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Smith, Laurajane; Campbell, Gary

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Nostalgia for some is pointless and sentimental, for others reactionary and futile. Where does that leave those of us interested in labour history and heritage - is it all just smokestack nostalgia'? Using interviews with visitors, volunteers and staff at sites and museums of industrial and working class heritage in England, the United States and Australia, we argue that a useful distinction can be made between reactionary nostalgia' and progressive nostalgia', and that a nostalgia for the...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorSmith, Laurajane
dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Gary
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-16T01:24:02Z
dc.identifier.citationLaurajane Smith & Gary Campbell (2017) ‘Nostalgia for the future’: memory, nostalgia and the politics of class, International Journal of Heritage Studies, 23:7, 612-627, DOI: 10.1080/13527258.2017.1321034
dc.identifier.issn1352-7258
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/195333
dc.description.abstractNostalgia for some is pointless and sentimental, for others reactionary and futile. Where does that leave those of us interested in labour history and heritage - is it all just smokestack nostalgia'? Using interviews with visitors, volunteers and staff at sites and museums of industrial and working class heritage in England, the United States and Australia, we argue that a useful distinction can be made between reactionary nostalgia' and progressive nostalgia', and that a nostalgia for the future' can emerge from memories and memorialisations. Drawing on the past can help mould the sentiments and nurture the emotional commitment to social justice issues the Left so desperately needs.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by Australian Research Council [grant number FT0992071].
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Group
dc.rights© 2017 Laurajane Smith and Gary Campbell
dc.sourceInternational Journal of Heritage Studies
dc.subjectNostalgia
dc.subjectemotion
dc.subjectaffect
dc.subjectdeindustrialization
dc.subjectlabour heritage
dc.subjectclass
dc.title'Nostalgia for the future': memory, nostalgia and the politics of class
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume23
dcterms.dateAccepted2017-04-17
dc.date.issued2017-05-22
local.identifier.absfor210200 - CURATORIAL AND RELATED STUDIES
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4485658xPUB1169
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.tandfonline.com
local.type.statusSubmitted Version
local.contributor.affiliationSmith, Laurajane, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationCampbell, Gary, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
dc.relationhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT0992071
local.bibliographicCitation.issue7
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage612
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage627
local.identifier.doi10.1080/13527258.2017.1321034
local.identifier.absseo950307 - Conserving the Historic Environment
dc.date.updated2019-07-28T08:19:44Z
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local.identifier.thomsonID000402631700002
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