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050 0 0 _aDA589.4.H3735
100 1 _aHatherley, Owen,
_eAuthor.
_973117
245 0 _aThe ministry of nostalgia :
_b
260 _a :
_b,
_c.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bVerso,
_c2017.
300 _a218 pagesages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references ( pages 205-211) and index.
520 _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.
650 0 _aCivilization
_y1945-.
_989063
650 0 _aNostalgia
_zGreat Britain.
_973118
650 0 _aSocial conditions.
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_cHISTORY
_xEurope
_zGreat Britain.
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