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Flâneur

By: Mary Gluck
In: Encyclopedia of Urban Studies
Edited by: Ray Hutchison
Subject:Urban Planning, Urban Sociology, Urban Studies
Keywords:arcades; flâneur; modernism; modernity; observer; salons; Walter Benjamin

During the past two centuries, the figure of the flâneur has metamorphosed from a literary type associated with the public places of Paris into a protean cultural myth used to represent the fragmented experiences of modernity. This paradoxical ...

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  Gluck, M. (2010). Flâneur. In R. Hutchison (Ed.), Encyclopedia of urban studies (pp. 273-274). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971973.n102
  
  Gluck, Mary. "Flâneur." In Encyclopedia of Urban Studies, edited by Hutchison, Ray, 273-74. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971973.n102.
  
  Gluck, M. 2010. Flâneur. In: Ray Hutchison Editor, 2010. Encyclopedia of Urban Studies, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 273-274 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971973.n102> [Accessed 22 Jun 2021].
  
  Gluck, Mary. "Flâneur." Encyclopedia of Urban Studies. Edited by Ray Hutchison. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2010, pp. 273-74. SAGE Knowledge. 22 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971973.n102.
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