• Acknowledgements


• Introduction


• Chapter One - Fixing the Fifties: Reaganism, Nostalgia, and Back to the Future


• Chapter Two: Re-Reading American Graffiti


• Chapter Three: "Old Time Rock and Roll" on Re-Generation Soundtracks


• Chapter Four: Michael Jackson, MTV, and Crossover Nostalgia


• Chapter Five: Star Legacies: James Dean and Sandra Dee in the Re-Generation


• Epilogue: The Futures of Nostalgia


• Works Cited


• Index

Michael D. Dwyer is an Assistant Professor of Media and Communication at Arcadia University, teaching courses in film, writing, and media studies. In various outlets, he writes about fandom, DIY culture and politics, pop music, memory, Hollywood film, cultural geography, American soccer and the Internet. He lives in Philadelphia with his partner Rachel.

Through close attention to films like Back to the Future and popular music of artists like Michael Jackson, Back to the Fifties explores how Fifties nostalgia was shaped for a generation of teenagers trained by popular culture to rewind, record, recycle and replay.