Nostalgic Communication as Temporal Escape: "When It Was a Game"'s Re-construction of a Baseball/Work Community.

Aden, Richard C.

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ERIC Number: EJ504823

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Publication Date: 1995

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Nostalgic Communication as Temporal Escape: "When It Was a Game"'s Re-construction of a Baseball/Work Community.

Aden, Richard C.

Western Journal of Communication, v59 n1 p20-38 Win 1995

Illustrates how nostalgic communication invites individuals disenchanted with their lives to make a temporal escape to a secure place of opposition. Analyzes the HBO documentary "When It Was a Game" and identifies how the text invites contemporary United States workers facing loss of workforce identity to effect a temporary escape to a time when workers were cultural heroes. (PA)

Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis, Employer Employee Relationship, Higher Education, Labor Problems, Mass Media Role, Quality of Working Life

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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