The nostalgia industry : producing longing and belonging in Singapore

• Main Author: Lim, Jialiang
• Other Authors: Md Saidul Islam
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Culture; DRNTU::Humanities::History
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62410
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper discusses the nostalgia industry in Singapore. Using Kopytoff’s cultural biographies, we expand upon the traditional Marxian thought on mass culture. Trends such as the memorialisation of physical spaces and the revival of everyday objects of the past show the expansion in cultural biogra...