Rosecrans Baldwin Quotes
Americans continue to visit Paris not just for Paris, but for ‘Paris.’ As if out of some collective nostalgia for what Paris should be, more than what it is. For someone else’s memories.
Topics
Image
Memories
Paris
Reality
Disillusionment
Idealization
Nostalgia
Tourism
Eiffel Tower
Artistic Inspiration
City of Lights
Collective Memory
Cultural Icon
Fashion Capital
Gastronomic Delights
Historical Landmarks
Romantic Destination
Romanticization
Seine River
Tourist Attraction
Cultural Expectation
Citations
Baldwin, Rosecrans. Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012, p. 251.
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Rosecrans Baldwin is an American novelist and essayist. He is also a co-founder and editor of The Morning News, an online magazine. Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Darien, Connecticut, Baldwin now lives in the Los Angeles, California area with his wife.