Abstract
A preserved movie theater in Tampa, Florida, provides an interpretive site for investigating and untangling the meanings of popular memory, nostal gia, and ghosts. By making sense of interviews with theater employees and patrons, chasing a ghost, and investigating personal experiences in the the ater, the author discovers that the past that is located within the auditorium is the collision of both sanctioned, fixed histories and individual, wander ing meanings. Although nostalgia may help to guide consumption of the past, the storied particulars of individuals also help create the meanings of history. Ghost stories become a metaphor for the intersection between these fixed and wandering meanings. The author argues that this metaphor helps us make sense of the many contradictions that we confront as we consume the past.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 369-391 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Consumed with the past : Nostalgia, memory, and ghostly encounters at the picture palace. / Jones, Janna.
In: Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2001, p. 369-391.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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