Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London by Lauren Elkin

Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London

Lauren Elkin

336 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir travel reflective slow-paced
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This book is ideal for readers who relish reflective explorations of urban life through the lenses of feminism, history, and personal discovery.

Description

The flâneur is the quintessentially masculine figure of privilege and leisure who strides the capitals of the world with abandon. But it is the flâneuse who captures the imagination of the cultural critic Lauren Elkin. In her wonderfully gender-be...

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Moods

reflective: 75%

informative: 73%

inspiring: 47%

adventurous: 30%

emotional: 15%

lighthearted: 14%

hopeful: 11%

relaxing: 10%

funny: 8%

challenging: 7%


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