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No time like the past? On the new role of vintage and retro in the magazines SCANDINAVIAN RETRO and RETRO GAMER

Author(s): Handberg, Kristian
Abstract
The article presents a cultural historical rendition of the terms vintage and retro and how the revival of the recent past based on objects of modern culture is a characteristic feature of late 20th and 21st century culture. In the words of music critic Simon Reynolds, we have entered a state of retromania, where revival has become ubiquitous and has changed the focus from new to old. Retro and vintage has been made accessible to a wider audience and is not delimited to the subcultural sphere. This development is shown and analysed through the case of two monthly magazines: SCANDINAVIAN RETRO (2011-present) and RETRO GAMER (2005-present). On the basis of these specialised retro medialisations the framing of the past through retro and vintage is discussed and suggested as being nurtured by myth and well as materiality.
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Handberg, Kristian: No time like the past? On the new role of vintage and retro in the magazines SCANDINAVIAN RETRO and RETRO GAMER. In: NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies, Jg. 4 (2015), Nr. 2, S. 165–185. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/15203.

Initial publication here:
https://doi.org/10.5117/NECSUS2015.2.HAND
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