Comments on: Nostalgia for the 1950s http://granades.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgranades.com%2F2007%2F02%2F26%2Fnostalgia-for-the-1950s%2F%23comment-&seed_title=Nostalgia+for+the+1950s Like a blog, but explodier Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:38:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ray Granade http://granades.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgranades.com%2F2007%2F02%2F26%2Fnostalgia-for-the-1950s%2F%23comment-30035&seed_title=Nostalgia+for+the+1950s#comment-30035 Ray Granade Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:56:23 +0000 http://granades.com/2007/02/26/nostalgia-for-the-1950s/#comment-30035 Nostalgia requires living memory, and there isn't much of that around for pre-1950s. 1930s-40s were Depression and WWII, both experiences with horrific memories. Go back to the 1920s and you have the division between rural and urban, the furor of women getting the vote, and the economic disparity of urban boom and rural depression. Lastly, few nations want to look back at anything other than a rosier past. The US became a powerful nation post-WWII and pretty much gave up isolationist ways at that point. Nostalgia usually means a desire for better, or safer, or more important times. I can remember the standard response of my elders when the Depression or WWII came up: "That was a different world." Then they'd make a joke and/or change the subject. OK, maybe this is lastly: survivors of certain experiences talk to each other as the only ones who can really understand and give the uninitiated short shrift. I think that some of that is going on too. Pop Nostalgia requires living memory, and there isn’t much of that around for pre-1950s. 1930s-40s were Depression and WWII, both experiences with horrific memories. Go back to the 1920s and you have the division between rural and urban, the furor of women getting the vote, and the economic disparity of urban boom and rural depression. Lastly, few nations want to look back at anything other than a rosier past. The US became a powerful nation post-WWII and pretty much gave up isolationist ways at that point. Nostalgia usually means a desire for better, or safer, or more important times. I can remember the standard response of my elders when the Depression or WWII came up: “That was a different world.” Then they’d make a joke and/or change the subject. OK, maybe this is lastly: survivors of certain experiences talk to each other as the only ones who can really understand and give the uninitiated short shrift. I think that some of that is going on too.

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]]> By: Geof F. Morris http://granades.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgranades.com%2F2007%2F02%2F26%2Fnostalgia-for-the-1950s%2F%23comment-29665&seed_title=Nostalgia+for+the+1950s#comment-29665 Geof F. Morris Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:35:19 +0000 http://granades.com/2007/02/26/nostalgia-for-the-1950s/#comment-29665 I think that WWII does have an effect, but not what we'd expect; WWII taught the U.S. economy that it could be a major industrial power, ushering forward a new era of economic prosperity. [Yes, FDR laid a foundation with the New Deal.] Add in the network effects of radio, television, and the automobile, and American culture as we know it---driving home and vegging out at night with entertainment---really began then. I think that WWII does have an effect, but not what we’d expect; WWII taught the U.S. economy that it could be a major industrial power, ushering forward a new era of economic prosperity. [Yes, FDR laid a foundation with the New Deal.] Add in the network effects of radio, television, and the automobile, and American culture as we know it—driving home and vegging out at night with entertainment—really began then.

]]> By: Joyous http://granades.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fgranades.com%2F2007%2F02%2F26%2Fnostalgia-for-the-1950s%2F%23comment-29654&seed_title=Nostalgia+for+the+1950s#comment-29654 Joyous Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:36:36 +0000 http://granades.com/2007/02/26/nostalgia-for-the-1950s/#comment-29654 Possibly it had something to do with World War II? I can tell you that the swing dancers I hang out with are all about the 30s and 40s. :) Possibly it had something to do with World War II?

I can tell you that the swing dancers I hang out with are all about the 30s and 40s. :)

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