Great essay! I love Woolf’s “Street Haunting.” It reminds me that for many flaneuse, an excuse was required to justify the walking. Like needing a pencil (or going to buy the flowers yourself). Women so often had to invent a reason for wandering, which couldn’t be wandering itself.
Women and the City
Great essay! I love Woolf’s “Street Haunting.” It reminds me that for many flaneuse, an excuse was required to justify the walking. Like needing a pencil (or going to buy the flowers yourself). Women so often had to invent a reason for wandering, which couldn’t be wandering itself.