Closing Time
Deindustrialization and Nostalgia in Contemporary France
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4494680 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jackie Clarke (0000-0001-6080-2740, University of Glasgow, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 107-125 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History Workshop Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-3554 • E-ISSN: 1477-4569 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/hwj/dbu041 |
| OpenAlex | W2026211661 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 7 |
This article explores the cultural politics of nostalgia for industry in the context of deindustrialization. It analyses interviews with female factory workers who lost their jobs when the French domestic appliance company, Moulinex, went bust in 2001, and it situates these in the context of the meanings ascribed to these factory closures (and deindustrialization more generally) by professionals, politicians and the media. The article suggests that the nostalgia of ex-Moulinex workers can be read as a critique of managerial change and a response to dominant representations which served to naturalize the neo-liberal economy and disqualify the voices of industrial workers by consigning them to the past.
Archaeology · Boom · Bust · Closing (real estate) · Context (archaeology) · Deindustrialization · Economics · Economy · Factory (object-oriented programming) · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Engineering · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Gender Studies · History · Law · Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior
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| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |