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Description: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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with New Directions in Flânerie: Global Perspectives for the Twenty-First Century (Routledge Studies in Comparative Literature). To get started finding New Directions in Flânerie: Global Perspectives for the Twenty-First Century (Routledge Studies in Comparative Literature), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with New Directions in Flânerie: Global Perspectives for the Twenty-First Century (Routledge Studies in Comparative Literature). To get started finding New Directions in Flânerie: Global Perspectives for the Twenty-First Century (Routledge Studies in Comparative Literature), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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