xiii, 119 p. : ill. (some col.) / Airstream brand travel trailers from the 1950s and 60s have developed a
subculture dedicated to their preservation and use. This subculture serves as a case study
for how nostalgia, defined in a postmodern context, may promote preservation and
creative communion with the past. After examining criticisms of preservation’s focus on
material integrity, the discussion focuses on the need to factor user-based relationships
into historic preservation. A postmodern reexamination of nostalgia defines it not merely
as a longing for the past but also as a form of social critique which seeks to mitigate
modernity with the past. Mid-century Airstream preservation reflects a desire to revive
specific, positive values of the past in order to ameliorate the future and form temporal
continuity. For the mid-century Airstream subculture, nostalgia fosters both restoration
and recreation, allowing for an iconic emblem of the past to function in the present rather
than fade into obsolescence. / Committee in charge: Dr. Leland Roth, Chairperson;
Elizabeth Carter, Member
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uoregon.edu/oai:scholarsbank.uoregon.edu:1794/11269 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Bezirdjian, Melina Carla |
| Publisher | University of Oregon |
| Source Sets | University of Oregon |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Relation | University of Oregon theses, Interdisciplinary Studies Program: Historic Preservation, M.S., 2011; |
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