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Permanent Present – Forms of Nostalgia and Liminality in Contemporary Western Culture
Zagreb: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2024. urn:nbn:hr:131:990642
Feriz, Emil
University of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English language and literature

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Feriz, E. (2024). Permanent Present – Forms of Nostalgia and Liminality in Contemporary Western Culture (Master's thesis). Zagreb: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:990642

Feriz, Emil. "Permanent Present – Forms of Nostalgia and Liminality in Contemporary Western Culture." Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2024. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:990642

Feriz, Emil. "Permanent Present – Forms of Nostalgia and Liminality in Contemporary Western Culture." Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2024. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:990642

Feriz, E. (2024). 'Permanent Present – Forms of Nostalgia and Liminality in Contemporary Western Culture', Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 02 January 2025, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:990642

Feriz E. Permanent Present – Forms of Nostalgia and Liminality in Contemporary Western Culture [Master's thesis]. Zagreb: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2024 [cited 2025 January 02] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:990642

E. Feriz, "Permanent Present – Forms of Nostalgia and Liminality in Contemporary Western Culture", Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb, 2024. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:990642

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TitlePermanent Present – Forms of Nostalgia and Liminality in Contemporary Western Culture
Title (croatian)Trajna sadašnjica – obličja nostalgije i liminalnost u suvremenoj kulturi Zapada
AuthorEmil Feriz
MentorSven Cvek (mentor)
Committee memberMartina Domines (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberHrvoje Tutek (član povjerenstva)
GranterUniversity of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English language and literature)
Zagreb
Defense date and country2024-09-30, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
This thesis explores the transformations of nostalgia and its associated temporal flattening within contemporary Western culture, with a particular focus on the aesthetic and spatial dimensions of this phenomenon in popular culture. Central to the analysis are popular trends that reflect the breakdown of historicity, as outlined by Fredric Jameson, and the rise of "retromania," as examined by Simon Reynolds. Movements such as hauntology and vaporwave are examined as examples of self-referential cultural recycling, echoing Mark Fisher’s concept of "lost futures"—a cultural condition wherein the inability to imagine coherent futures results in societal stasis. The thesis also delves into the spatial manifestations of nostalgia in popular culture, focusing on dead malls and liminal spaces. These physical and conceptual spaces, emptied of their original functions, evoke a sense of atemporality and serve as symbols of ersatz nostalgia—utilizing fragments of collective memory without anchoring it to a specific historical reality. Finally, referring to anthropological and sociological research on liminality, the study considers how these cultural and spatial transformations reflect broader trends of social isolation in the West, contributing to a form of cultural deadlock characterized by a pervasive sense of displacement and atemporality.
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:131:990642
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (single major); specializations in: TEFL, Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation
Course: Literature and Culture
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
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