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The Nostalgia Bone (2021)

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The Politics of Nostalgia

Grafton Tanner is a communication studies professor at the University of Georgia. He's written two books about nostalgia, his most recent being called "The Politics of Nostalgia" The emotion can wash over you thanks to a cool fall breeze or smell wafting from a neighbor's kitchen. It offers an escape away from uncertainty of the future and towards permanence of the past.

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