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dc.contributor.authorGoulding, Christina
dc.date.accessioned2008-05-16T11:49:43Z
dc.date.available2008-05-16T11:49:43Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.identifier.citationPsychology and Marketing, 18 (6): 565-592
dc.identifier.issn07426046
dc.identifier.issn15206793
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/mar.1021
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2436/26514
dc.description.abstractOver the past decade, there has been growing interest in nostalgia and consumption experiences on the part of a small group of consumer researchers. This article offers an insight into the nostalgic experiences gained through consuming history at a contemporary British living museum. The findings of the research focus on two types of nostalgic behavior, which are identified as existential and aesthetic. Differences in the nostalgic reaction are conceptualized in relation to such factors as the quantity and quality of the individual's role repertoire, the experience of alienation in the present, and the extent and quality of social contact. The article aims to offer a perspective that draws upon both existing work in related fields and the findings of the research in order to contextualize nostalgia as an experiential factor behind the consumption of recreated history in the living interactive museum. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.urlhttp://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/80502793/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
dc.subjectMuseums
dc.subjectNostalgia
dc.subjectLiving history
dc.subjectConsumption practices
dc.subjectConsumer behaviour
dc.subjectLeisure activities
dc.titleRomancing the past: Heritage visiting and the nostalgic consumer
dc.title.alternativeHeritage
dc.typeJournal article
dc.identifier.journalPsychology and Marketing
html.description.abstractOver the past decade, there has been growing interest in nostalgia and consumption experiences on the part of a small group of consumer researchers. This article offers an insight into the nostalgic experiences gained through consuming history at a contemporary British living museum. The findings of the research focus on two types of nostalgic behavior, which are identified as existential and aesthetic. Differences in the nostalgic reaction are conceptualized in relation to such factors as the quantity and quality of the individual's role repertoire, the experience of alienation in the present, and the extent and quality of social contact. The article aims to offer a perspective that draws upon both existing work in related fields and the findings of the research in order to contextualize nostalgia as an experiential factor behind the consumption of recreated history in the living interactive museum. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


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