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The flńeur denotes the "lounger" or "loafer" who engages in flńerie, or strolling, with all its complementary associations. The earliest renditions of flńerie date back to the late 16th century and refer to the practice of wasting time or idling. The flńeur was used in 19th-century French literature to designate the man of leisure, or the connoisseur of the street, who collects impressions from everyday life in the city. Although the literary origins of the term are traced to the poetry of Charles Baudelaire, it was only through critical theorist Walter Benjamin's discussion of the concept as emblematic of urban modernity that it entered social scientific controversies. Today the term has assumed methodological value in as diverse fields as those of street art, filmmaking, and ...
by Rodanthi Tzanelli ; edited by Paul Atkinson, Sara Delamont, Alexandru Cernat, Joseph W. Sakshaug & Richard A. Williams.
Includes bibliographical references and index.