New Directions in Flnerie

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 sectionsgeography, genius, and genderthe introduction establishes the origins of the flneur and flneuse in early foundational texts and explores later works that reimagine flnerie in terms of these same three themes. The volumes 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 flneur/flneuse as fashion model, gaucho, cruiser, musician, vampire, postcolonial activist, video game avatar and gamer.