This book distinguishes itself from previous scholarship by offering an inclusive and comprehensive treatment of urban walking from 1800 to the present. Divided into three sections-geography, genius, and gender-the introduction establishes the origins of the fl�neur and fl�neuse in early foundational texts and explores later works that reimagine fl�nerie in terms of these same three themes. The volume's contributors provide new and global perspectives on urban walking practices through their treatment of a variety of ...
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This book distinguishes itself from previous scholarship by offering an inclusive and comprehensive treatment of urban walking from 1800 to the present. Divided into three sections-geography, genius, and gender-the introduction establishes the origins of the fl�neur and fl�neuse in early foundational texts and explores later works that reimagine fl�nerie in terms of these same three themes. The volume's contributors provide new and global perspectives on urban walking practices through their treatment of a variety of genres (literature, film, journalism, autobiography, epistolary correspondence, photography, fashion, music, digital media) and regions (Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East). This volume theorizes well-known urban characters like the idler, lounger, dandy, badaud, promeneuse, shopper, collector, and detective and also proposes new iterations of the fl�neur/fl�neuse as fashion model, gaucho, cruiser, musician, vampire, postcolonial activist, video game avatar and gamer.
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