Friday, April 30, 2010
Flaneur
FLANEUR-French term derived from the Masculine noun with basic meanings of "stroller", "lounger", or "loafer". According to Wikipedia this term describes "a person who walks the city in order to experience it." Professor Mufti referenced this term in lecture (Week 2, 4/6) to describe Bakha from Untouchable. Like a flaneur, Bakha wandered throughout a modern city and found a great interest in this free urban space. Professor Mufti compared Untouchable to the novel Mrs. Dalloway to further illustrate the significance of this term.
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Something to think about: how is Bakha both like a flâneur and different? This pushes us to think what Bakha's relationship to the city is? In _Untouchable_, the flâneur wanders in the colonial city.
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