Awards

• Commended for Certificate of Merit in the category of Best Historical Research in General Recording Topics 2022
• Winner of Certificate of Merit in the category of Best Historical Research in General Recording Topics 2022

Overview

Mixtape Nostalgia: Culture, Memory, and Representation analyzes the role of the mixtape as a site of collective memory tied to youth culture, community identity, and sharing music. The author looks at the history of the mixtape from the early 1980s and the rise of the cassette as a fundamental aspect of the music industry. She discusses the continued contemporary appeal of the mixtape as musicians, novelists, memoirists, playwrights, and even podcasters have used it as a metaphor for connection and identity. The book shows how creators use the iconography of the mixtape cassette to create ephemera which speaks to the appreciation of the tangible and the analog. The desire to find connection through sharing a physical artifact permeates the various creative uses of the mixtape. From blockbuster films to mixtape throw pillows, Burns highlights the appreciation music lovers have for tangibly sharing music and the emotions it brings.

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9781793616791

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Finally! The book I've been waiting most of my life for. Mixtape Nostalgia provides an extensive history of the various uses and meanings surrounding mixtapes as well as the multiple ways they continue to mean. Jehnie I. Burns does a remarkable job unpacking the cultural significance of this resilient artifact and idea. For music fans of a certain age, these stories and examples will take you back. We've all got mixtape stories! -- Anthony Kwame Harrison, Edward S. Diggs Professor in the Humanities, Virginia Tech Mixtape Nostalgia is a deeply personal book that diligently documents the evolution of the mixtape. Crafted like a perfectly curated mixtape, it traces the ebb and flow of the medium through its analog and digital eras, across genres, while thoughtfully centering the voices of 'mixtapers.' Jehnie I. Burns presents a masterpiece that's essential to mixtape scholarship. -- Regan Sommer McCoy, Columbia University Community Scholar

Finally! The book I’ve been waiting most of my life for. Mixtape Nostalgia provides an extensive history of the various uses and meanings surrounding mixtapes as well as the multiple ways they continue to mean. Jehnie I. Burns does a remarkable job unpacking the cultural significance of this resilient artifact and idea. For music fans of a certain age, these stories and examples will take you back. We’ve all got mixtape stories! -- Anthony Kwame Harrison, Edward S. Diggs Professor in the Humanities, Virginia Tech Mixtape Nostalgia is a deeply personal book that diligently documents the evolution of the mixtape. Crafted like a perfectly curated mixtape, it traces the ebb and flow of the medium through its analog and digital eras, across genres, while thoughtfully centering the voices of ‘mixtapers.’ Jehnie I. Burns presents a masterpiece that's essential to mixtape scholarship. -- Regan Sommer McCoy, Columbia University Community Scholar

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Jehnie I. Burns is associate professor at Point Park University

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