Jameson and Nostalgia

One of the concepts we talked about with Jameson was the notion of nostalgia, and how it is created as a longing for the past and a response for missing something that is happening in the present. Our media and popular culture today is filled with this concept. Movies and tv shows use this and they are considered unique. We have tv shows like "That 70s Show" or movies like "Marie Antoinette" that glamorize ages and popular cultures of the past. We watch shows from the past like "Leave it To Beaver" to connect us to different times. Why do we do this? It's different, and its not our normal lives and culture that we see each day. Ask most people and they will recall a past decade that they relate to and they wish they were a part of. They like aspects of it that are not things done today and seem attractive to them. Anything from dress, situations, and people are things that people can relate to and seem better than their own lives. It is for this reason that the media continues to use Jameson's idea of nostalgia in an effort to gain more followers.