Nostalgia Studies

Nostalgia Studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the cultural, emotional, and mnemonic dimensions of longing for the past, particularly as it manifests in diasporic, migratory, and postcolonial contexts, distinguishing itself through its focus on the ideological and affective reconstructions of home, identity, and temporality across literature, film, art, and material culture.

771

Publications

48.7K

Citations

Authors

479

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

194

Parents

Arabic Diaspora FictionArabic Exile FictionBiedermeier LiteratureCamp AestheticsChicano ArtChicano FilmChicano PoetryChildren's Material CultureClassic Children's LiteratureComing-of-age Narratives

Publications

771

On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection

Marja Warehime, Susan Stewart · SubStance · 1986 · 2.3K citations

Humanities, Cultural Studies, Literature +11

Yearning for Yesterday: A Sociology of Nostalgia.

Gary Alan Fine, Fred Davis · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1980 · 1.5K citations

Social Sciences, Sociology, Self +2

Nostalgia: Content, triggers, functions.

Tim Wildschut, Constantine Sedikides, Jamie Arndt et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2006 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +12

The way we never were: American families and the nostalgia trap

Choice Reviews Online · 1993 · 1.2K citations

Social Sciences, Ethnic Studies, Sociology +11

Nostalgia and Consumption Preferences: Some Emerging Patterns of Consumer Tastes

Morris B. Holbrook · Journal of Consumer Research · 1993 · 718 citations

Social Sciences, Marketing, Psychology +12

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Authors

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Tim Wildschut
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
27 publications · 5.2K citations
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Constantine Sedikides
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
25 publications · 4.2K citations
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Clay Routledge
North Dakota State University, United States
11 publications · 3.6K citations
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Altaf Merchant
University of Washington Tacoma, United States
9 publications · 685 citations
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Jamie Arndt
University of Missouri, United States
8 publications · 3.2K citations
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Institutions

479

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Venues

Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 35 publications · 3.8K citations
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International Journal of Heritage Studies
IJHS · 7 publications · 335 citations
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ACR North American Advances
7 publications · 1.1K citations
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Journal of Business Research
JBR · 7 publications · 610 citations
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Frontiers in Psychology
6 publications · 208 citations
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