New Directions in Flânerie

<p>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 <i>flâneur</i> and <i>flâneuse</i> in early foundational texts and explores later works that reimagine <i>flânerie</i> in terms of these same three themes. </p><p>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). </p><p>This volume theorizes well-known urban characters like the idler lounger dandy <i>badaud</i> <i>promeneuse</i> shopper collector and detective and also proposes new iterations of the <i>flâneur/flâneuse</i> as fashion model <i>gaucho</i> cruiser musician vampire postcolonial activist video game avatar and gamer.</p>