Meanings
nounarchivalism (uncountable)
- uncountableThe keeping of archives.
With its fetishistic shots of jukeboxes that still play 45s, and reverence for road movies like “Vanishing Point,” “Death Proof” is a love letter to pop archivalism as cozy as the roadhouse in which the first half takes place.
2007 September 9, Charles Taylor, Stephanie Zacharek, “Eerie Lights, Disco and Saucy Jump Cuts”, in New York Times
Origin
Translations
Portuguese arquivismo
- arquivismothe keeping of archives
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