Nostalgia

concept of nostalgia and how it effects psychologically. There have been two studies were conducted based on nostalgia. In both results of the research, nostalgia increases belongingness, meaning in life, and positive self-regard. The first result of study one was that it increased growth by increasing positive emotions. Study two was based on specific psychological responses by nostalgia and the positive impact on growth. The goal for both studies were to seek the chance that nostalgia would…

songs and videos are her references to “colonial nostalgia.” She provides this nostalgia by making almost all her songs about her past experiences with people. She tends to write a lot of song about her previous exes. In by doing this she is able to provide a certain “nostalgia” that her listeners can relate to and understand her previous experiences. More specifically, a great example of where Taylor Swift’s presents this idea of “colonial nostalgia” would be in her song and music video for…

essay, "The Post-Information Age". Negroponte is able to see that technology will not only change the way people communicate, but change society as a whole. MIT professor, Sherry Turkle shares similar views as Negroponte is in her writing, "The Nostalgia of the Young." Though both Negroponte acknowledges the outcomes of technology, he does not forecast the negative effects that Turkle highlights in her writings. In his essay, Nicholas Negroponte touches upon the popularity of E-mail, which…

Zhou and his partners in the study of nostalgia have concluded that “nostalgia, a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, is a predominantly positive and social emotion,” and that it “maintains psychological comfort,” but the key word is “predominantly” (Zhou,2012). Nostalgia is depicted very differently in Station eleven and The Odyssey because the circumstances of characters in each book are substantially different. In The Odyssey, nostalgia is a social function that is used to…

responsible mother. While David is not affected by the “enormous cultural dominance of the baby boomers” (Levin 24), he is in fact nostalgic for the past as a result of his current circumstances. These current circumstances which cause David’s nostalgia for the past all of a sudden have a literal manifestation as David magically enters into the past that he is so nostalgic for. With a remote given to them by a mysterious repairman, David and his sister Jennifer get sucked into the TV, and…

beautiful wife, and his income was incredible. Bill was overall living a peaceful new life. However, his deep past would come back to haunt him occasionally through nostalgia. Most people attach nostalgia with positive feelings and thoughts. Nostalgia can affect people negatively via past memories, depression, and current issues. Negative nostalgia is an underlooked subject. To start things, the first example of…

The nostalgia tied with madness is used to make sense of not the past, but the individual, which then creates the past as a tool for sanity, therefore it does not perceive to be gone or dead. Nostalgia works as a distortion and distraction. Andrew is using his authoritative knowledge of cognitive science as magical realism. For the majority of the book, he is stuck in his head and the logical world perceives to be a fantasy. Andrew uses science as the only method to wrap his head around his past…

“Terminal Nostalgia” is a reflection on Native American History; written by Sherman Alexie, a Native American poet. The author reminisces about how life was before Columbus came to America and completely changed the world of Native Americans. It was published in the anthology series “Best American Poetry” in the year 2012. The poem takes a look at the past and present day conditions for a Native American living in The United States of America. The overall playful tone of the poem keeps readers…

The human mind often develops and clings onto joyful recollection of memories. This wistful longing and sentimentality for the past is nostalgia. Nostalgia is not necessarily destructive, but being unable to accept reality inevitably can lead to misery and hopelessness. In The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid depicts the life of a Pakistan immigrant, Changez, in America before and after the 9/11 terrorist attack. While being employed under Underwood Samson and living in post 9/11 America,…

Its essence is based on the so called “good old days” that people crave. This phenomenon is known as “nostalgia” Technology and modernity alter people’s lives; then, people realize its disturbing effects such as “competition, stress, separation, and loneliness,” and seem to “return to their past time by imagination and memory”(Suksangdow 1). My Antonia by Willa Cather embodies the incredible nostalgia of these early settlers as they struggle to make a home on the Nebraskan plains at the turn of…