Sociétés N° 135, 2017/1
The Transnational Flâneur

Modern flâneurs, journalists, detectives, consumers, travelers, etc. , appear in the 19th century when sedentary culture became more nomadic. The Parisian boulevards and their different passageways were their regular haunts. During that period, flâneurs were mostly a limited group of people and flânerie was an activity performed in confined spaces