Flânerie as a Mode of Pleasure: Lessons from a Working-Class Flâneuse.
This article makes three interrelated arguments. First, it is possible for a working-class woman to walk in the city and experience the urban spectacle as a detached, even leisurely observer, and when she does, she may be engaging in an act of pleasure rather than an act of resistance. The concept o...
| Publicado en: | Signs: Journal of Women in Culture & Society Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 197 - 228 |
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University of Chicago Press
Autumn2022
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