Urban Sociology - General & Miscellaneous, Postmodernism, Social Sciences - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
The Flaneur is usually identified as the "man of the crowd" of Edgar Allan Poe and Charles Baudelaire, and one of the heroes of Walter N. Benjamin's Arcades Project. The Flaneur's activity of strolling and loitering is mentioned increasingly frequently in sociology, cultural studies and art history but very rarely is the debate developed. This book shows that the debate does not begin and end with Baudelaire and Benjamin.The Flaneur centers around a series of original essays which provide hitories of the origins of the Flaneur and Flanerie. It raises many questions such as whether we have to walk the streets to indulge in Flanerie; how the city is a gendered space; and how Flanerie might be possible from the safety of our dining tables. Keith Tester also raises important questions about the status of sociological and cultural studies.
Book Details
Published
October 6, 1994
Publisher
London ; Routledge, 1994.
Pages
224
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780415089128