The Aesthetics of Nostalgia TV: Production Design and the Boomer Era

by Alex Bevan

Book Overview

The Aesthetics of Nostalgia TV explores the aesthetic politics of nostalgia for 1950s and 60s America on contemporary television. Specifically, it looks at how nostalgic TV production design shapes and is shaped by larger historical discourses on gender and technological change, and America's perceived decline as a global power. Alex Bevan argues that the aesthetics of nostalgic TV tell stories of their own about historical decline and progress,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501368095
• ISBN13: 9781501368097
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"