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'Nostalgia for the future': memory, nostalgia and the politics of class
Ist Teil von
International journal of heritage studies : IJHS, 2017-08, Vol.23 (7), p.612-627
Ort / Verlag
Abingdon: Routledge
Erscheinungsjahr
2017
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Taylor & Francis Journals Auto-Holdings Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
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 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.