Yearning for Yesterday: A Sociology of NostalgiaStudies the sociology of nostalgia, detailing the conditions and circumstances that evoke it, the function it serves, and the consequences for society and investigating the writings of Schutz, Mead, Blumer, and Simmel |
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Contents
The Nostalgic Experience | 1 |
Nostalgia and Identity | 31 |
Nostalgia and the Life Cycle | 52 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Yearning for Yesterday: A Sociology of Nostalgia |
| Author | Fred Davis |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Free Press, 1979 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Oct 2, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0029069505, 9780029069509 |
| Length | 146 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / General |
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