Sociétés 2017/1 - 135 - The Transnational Flaneur

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