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Los Angeles Slavophilia, Pre-emptive Nostalgia, and Scornstalgia: A Chekhovian Reading of the Museum of Jurassic Technology and ARTEL Theater Company

Panel: 
Gloomy Malaise? I: Re-evaluating Nostalgia and Nation in Literature and Cultural Studies
Abstract: 

Two Los Angeles cultural entities make use of “pre-emptive nostalgia,” or a deliberate approach to the nostalgic mood. They re-negotiate the sentimental nostalgia that mars a common example of “Russian” cultural reproduction: production of Anton Chekhov’s plays.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Alisa
Last Name: 
Slaughter
Institution: 
University of Redlands