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Discuss the idea of the flaneuse as an image of contemporary urban femininity.

Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 02:30:09
Length: 6 pages (1637 words)
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The relationship between women and the cities has been fraught with complexity; throughout the past couple of centuries, this highly debatable correlation is deemed problematic for many feminists and theorists. In particular, the conceptualization and evolution of the flaneuse from the flaneur has not yet been reconciled to this postmodern day. In this essay, we seek to examine the plausibility of the flaneuse in this contemporary era; with specific reference to HBO's comedy series, "Sex …

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…Tab/>Home Box Office, Inc 2005, HBO Original Series: Sex and the City, viewed 31 August 2005, http://www.hbo.com/city/look/carrie_6.shtml o<Tab/>Richards, H 2003, 'Sex and the City: a visible flaneuse for the postmodern era?', Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, vol.17, no.2,pp.147-157 o<Tab/>Wilson, E 2001, 'The invisible flaneur' in Contradictions of culture: cities, culture, women, Sage, London

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