Wandering and Experiencing the City: Being a Woman, Being a Flâneuse

Abstract

This paper reflects on women's circulation in cities. Understanding that paths and experiences differ in various large cities of the world, we researched these female wanderings considering issues of race and class. We examine the concept of the flâneuse, a woman who wanders along routes through a city while reflecting and creating along the way, to understand the relation between women and city streets, and how mechanisms of resistance emerge in this relationship, by considering it in the scope of the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro and its specificities.