nostalgia
Sign in to savethumb|The archives director for The Saturday Evening Post said that the magazine has been regarded with "a mixture of nostalgia and affection". Shown: a [[Norman Rockwell cover from August 1924.]]
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Nostalgia is a sentimental feeling of affection and longing for the past, often associated with cherished memories of things like magazines or cultural artifacts. It matters because these warm feelings toward the past can shape how people value and remember important cultural institutions and moments in their lives.
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- Functions
- Improving mood
- Increasing social connectedness
- Preserving cultural heritage
- Enhancing positive self-regard
- Providing existential meaning
- Promoting psychological growth
- As a deception
- As a comfort
- As a response to rapid social change
- Reflective and restorative nostalgia
- As a political tool
- Trigger factors
- Cultural
- Books
- Music
- Movies
- TV shows
- Video games
- Environmental
- Geography
- Nature
- Other aspects
- As a medical condition
- Romanticism
- In rhetoric and communication
- As an advertising tool
- Forms of nostalgia
- Nostalgia cycle
- See also
- References
- Further reading
thumb|The archives director for The Saturday Evening Post said that the magazine has been regarded with "a mixture of nostalgia and affection". Shown: a [[Norman Rockwell cover from August 1924.]]
Nostalgia is a sentimental view of the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. It is often described as a sort of sad pleasure, in which a person longs for a past, whether real or romanticized, that cannot be recovered. It can also refer to a type of homesickness.