Comments on: On Nostalgia: One Quote

By: Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog » Off-, Neo-, Anti-, Post-, Pre-, Quasi-, Oxy-, et al.: Another Pop Quiz

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:14:31 +0000

[…] ‘Pop Quiz’: Occasional series in geeky anthropological fun. The Boym quote below (and Rex’s comment) inspired me to look up the following. Any guesses as to its author? […]

By: Strong

Strong — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:01:52 +0000

Um, you seem to be assuming the subject matter of my paper. As you can see here on SM, I do research in Papua New Guinea. My paper is about Papua New Guinea. Since you have a degree from SOAS, I assume you know that there is a large and growing body of literature (in anthropology and sister pursuits) on nostalgia for empire.

By: Otto Pohl

Otto Pohl — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:40:57 +0000

Having been to Estonia three times I doubt there is much nostalgia for Soviet colonial rule. Almost everybody had a family member killed by Stalin in either the 14 June 1941 deportations, the 25 March 1949 deportations or other instances of mass repression. One might as well talk about Jewish nostalgia for Naziism.

By: Rex

Rex — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:03:56 +0000

I wonder what sorts of resonances the term “off-modern” has with “off-brand”?