01835cam a2200349 i 4500001001400000003000900014005001700023008004100040010001600081020001800097040002500115042000800140043001200148050001900160100003700179245003100216264003000247300004100277336002100318337002500339338002300364504006800387520080200455650003201257650003701289650002301326887001601349888000901365906004501374942001501419999005101434AUWbook014974BDCtgAUW20260407100702.0151107s2016    enka     b    001 0 eng    a 2015033877  a9781784780760  aaBDCtgAUWcBDCtgAUW  apcc  ae-uk---00aDA589.4.H3735 1 aHatherley, Owen,eAuthor.973117 0aThe ministry of nostalgia. 1aNew York :bVerso,c2017.  a218 pages :billustrations ;c22 cm.  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references ( pages 205-211) and index.  a"Why should we have to "Keep Calm and Carry On"?  In this sharp, witty polemic, award-winning critic Owen Hatherley questions the many ways we have adopted the gospel of luxurious poverty: from ubiquitous "Keep Calm and Carry On" posters, the commercialization of thrift, the added value of the artisanal, and the selling of a "make do and mend" aesthetic, to a nostalgia for a utopian past that never existed. Hatherley proposes a radical demand for true abundance for all, not just adopting the veneer of a better age. The Ministry of Nostalgia is a rallying cry that reaches across a depleted cultural landscape and refuses to accept that we need to lower our expectations and hopes to fit difficult times. Instead, he demands more because that is what we all deserve"--cProvided by publisher. 0aCivilizationy1945-.989063 0aNostalgiazGreat Britain.973118 0aSocial conditions.  22982a BRAC  22982  a7bcbccorignewd1eecipf20gy-gencatlg  2lcccBKn0  c18664d18664cHISTORYxEurope zGreat Britain.