| Description |
xi, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Flâneur on and off the streets of Paris / Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson -- Flâneur : from spectator to representation / Bruce Mazlish -- Fancy footwork : Walter Benjamin's notes on flânerie / Rob Shields -- Flâneur in social theory / David Frisby -- Artist and the flâneur : Rodin, Rilke, and Gwen John in Paris / Janet Wolff -- Desert spectacular / Zygmunt Bauman -- Digesting the modern diet : Gastro-porn, fast food, and panic eating / Barry Smart -- Hopeless game of flânerie / Stefan Morawski |
| Summary |
The flâneur is usually identified as the 'man of the crowd' of Edgar Allen Poe and Charles Baudelaire, and as one of the heroes of Walter Benjamin's Arcades project. The flâneur's activities of stroling and loitering are mentioned increasingly frequently in sociology, cultural studies and art history. In this series of essays, important light is cast on the significance and future of flânerie, and questions are raised about the current status of sociological and cultural studies |
| Analysis |
Urban regions Sociology |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to EBL (Ebook Library) |
| Subject |
City and town life.
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Flaneurs -- Social aspects.
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Flaneurs.
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Postmodernism -- Social aspects.
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| Author |
Tester, Keith, 1960-
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Ebooks Corporation.
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| LC no. |
93048163 |
| ISBN |
0415089123 |
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0415089131 paperback |
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9780415089128 |
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9780415089135 paperback |
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