FLANEUSE

FLANEUSE


: a woman who is or who behaves like a flâneur


Flâuner; (/flæˈnjʊər/; French: [flɑˈnœʁ]) is a French noun referring to a person, literally meaning 'stroller', 'lounger', 'saunterer', or 'loafer'. Traditionally depicted as male, a flâneur is an ambivalent figure of urban affluence and modernity, representing the ability to wander detached from society with no other purpose than to be an acute observer of industrialized, contemporary life.