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

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

informative 72%
reflective 69%
inspiring 55%
adventurous 30%
relaxing 13%
funny 11%
lighthearted 11%
challenging 8%
emotional 8%
hopeful 8%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 41%
fast 8%

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