Things of Beauty: The Politics of Postmillennial Nostalgia for Mid-century Design

Rachele Dini

Things of Beauty: The Politics of Postmillennial Nostalgia for Mid-century Design

University of Roehampton

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Abstract

This piece aimed at an informed general audience examines the relationship between the mid-century period drama and the market for mid-century vintage objects and repros in relation to the broader socio-economic context of Great Britain and the United States between 1970 and 2020.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	Ancillary Review of Books
Publication status	Published - 21 Jun 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Ancillary Review of Books publishes under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

Keywords

nostalgia
1950s
1960s
1970s
domesticity
race
gender
class
popular culture
popular media

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Things of Beauty: The Politics of Postmillennial Nostalgia for Mid-century Design

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