Stephanie Coontz Quotes
Nostalgia is a very human trait.
Topics
Nostalgia
Personal Experience
Reminiscing
Fond Memories
Cherishing the Past
Emotional Connection
Emotional Response
Human Emotion
Longing for the Past
Past Memories
Pining for the Past
Reflecting on the Past
Rose-Tinted Glasses
Sentimental Attachment
Sentimental Longing
Wistful Thinking
Yearning for the Good Old Days
Human Trait
Emotional Nostalgia
Citations
Coontz, Stephanie. The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap. Basic Books, 1992, p. 10.
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Stephanie Coontz is an author, historian, and faculty member at Evergreen State College. She teaches history and family studies and is Director of Research and Public Education for the Council on Contemporary Families, which she chaired from 2001 to 2004. Coontz has authored and co-edited several books about the history of the family and marriage.