Critical Issues: Chapter 7 (Distinctions) Flashcards
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Shopping Arcades
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Online Shopping
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Flaneur
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A French term popularized in the nineteenth century that refers to a person who wanders city streets, taking in sights, displays and department store windows.
A kind of window shopping where one gets satisfaction from LOOKING at offerings of commodity culture and not purchasing anything.
Originally a term used for males because women did not have the freedom to wander the city streets alone.
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Flaneuse
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A feminine form of flaneur who strolls through city streets.
A term created because women were originally not given the freedom to aimlessly wander the streets on their own and needed a valid reason to be out in public.
