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- ISBN 9781041223016
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 28 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Flâneuse in Literature and Culture: Women Wandering Purposefully explores how women have navigated the freedoms and constraints of wandering through public spaces.
Expanding on the traditionally masculine figure of the flâneur, this edited collection considers the flâneuse across literature, urban spaces, media types, and national traditions. The essays in this book investigate how social positionalities such as gender, race, and class shape the ways in which women experience movement and existence in public. Building on studies of canonical authors, alongside lesser-known voices, the collection moves beyond familiar European frameworks to explore various forms of movement through cities and cultural landscapes around the world.
Interdisciplinary in scope, the collection contributes to literary studies, communication studies, gender studies, urban studies, cultural studies, and more, while also speaking to broader contemporary conversations about public space, tourism, visibility, safety, and the politics of movement through space.
Irina Gendelman, PhD, is Professor of Communication Studies at Saint Martin’s University. Her research explores public spaces, and cultural narratives, with particular interest in identity, and power. She teaches courses in communication and social theory and co-edits this volume on the evolving figure of the flâneuse.
Jeff Birkenstein has a PhD in English from the University of Kentucky and a second MA in TESOL, a degree which has helped him teach around the world. His research and teaching focus on composition and pedagogy as well as, with literature, the world short story and American literature of the 20th century. Thematically, Birkenstein is especially interested in connections between literature and food.
