{"product_id":"flaneuse-women-walk-the-city-in-paris-new-york-tokyo-venice-and-london","title":"Flaneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Flaneuse [flanne-euhze], noun, from the French. Feminine form of flaneur [flanne-euhr], an idler, a dawdling observer, usually found in cities. That is an imaginary definition.\u003c\/em\u003e'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf the word flaneur conjures up visions of Baudelaire, boulevards and bohemia \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– then what exactly is a flaneuse? In this gloriously provocative and celebratory book, Lauren Elkin defines her as 'a determined resourceful woman keenly attuned to the creative potential of the city, and the liberating possibilities of a good walk'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePart cultural meander, part memoir, \u003cem\u003eFlaneuse\u003c\/em\u003e traces the relationship between the city and creativity through a journey that begins in New York and moves us to Paris, via Venice, Tokyo and London, exploring along the way the paths taken by the flaneuses who have lived and walked in those cities. From nineteenth-century novelist George Sand to artist Sophie Calle, from war correspondent Martha Gellhorn to film-maker Agnes Varda, \u003cem\u003eFlaneuse\u003c\/em\u003e considers what is at stake when a certain kind of light-footed woman encounters the city and changes her life, one step at a time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lauren Elkin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43183707717889,"sku":"9780099593379","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-2023-07-20T115700.316.png?v=1689850632","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/flaneuse-women-walk-the-city-in-paris-new-york-tokyo-venice-and-london","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}