This book explores how Latin American young people engage with nostalgia and grasp a sense of nostalgic representations of the 1970s and 1980s through contemporary media.
Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Costa Rica, this book analyses how young audiences make sense of nostalgic representations of transnational pasts, thus creating a link between media reception practices and the engagement with broader social, cultural, economic, and political structures. It also brings to the fore new insights concerning the role media has in fostering senses of national memory by highlighting the key role of everyday media engagements in comprehending the past.
This comprehensive empirical study will be of interest to scholars, researchers and students of media and communications studies, Latin American studies, sociology, digital culture, memory studies, social and cultural anthropology, youth studies, cultural studies, and readers interested in popular culture, television, and cinema.
| ISBN: | 9781032847542 |
| Publication date: | 21st May 2026 |
| Author: | Rodrigo MuñozGonzález |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 178 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies |
| Genres: |
Media studies Popular culture Secondary schools Social discrimination and social justice Ethnic studies Sociology Child, developmental and lifespan psychology Television Regional / International studies Development studies Linguistics Politics and government |
This book explores how Latin American young people engage with nostalgia and grasp a sense of nostalgic representations of the 1970s and 1980s through contemporary media.
Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Costa Rica, this book analyses how young audiences make sense of nostalgic representations of transnational pasts, thus creating a link between media reception practices and the engagement with broader social, cultural, economic, and political structures. It also brings to the fore new insights concerning the role media has in fostering senses of national memory by highlighting the key role of everyday media engagements in comprehending the past.
This comprehensive empirical study will be of interest to scholars, researchers and students of media and communications studies, Latin American studies, sociology, digital culture, memory studies, social and cultural anthropology, youth studies, cultural studies, and readers interested in popular culture, television, and cinema.
Young People, Media, and Nostalgia features in the following genres: Media studies, Popular culture, Secondary schools, Social discrimination and social justice, Ethnic studies, Sociology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Television, Regional / International studies, Development studies, Linguistics, Politics and government
Young People, Media, and Nostalgia is available in Paperback, Hardback
Young People, Media, and Nostalgia was written by Rodrigo MuñozGonzález and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Young People, Media, and Nostalgia has 178 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies series
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