Colonial "flâneurs": the London life-writing of Janet Frame and Doris Lessing

• Autores: María Lourdes López Ropero
• Localización: Inside out: women negotiating, subverting, appropriating public and private space / coord. por Teresa Gómez Reus, Aránzazu Usandizaga Sáinz, 2008, ISBN 978-90-420-2441-0, págs. 189-202
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This chapter traces the motif of the female flâneur in a selection of autobiographical works by Janet Frame and Doris Lessing set in 1950s, 1960s and contemporary London. It argues that flânery has not only allowed Frame and Lessing to assert their visibility in the modern city as women and as authors, but has provided them with rich materials for their writing. My analysis emphasises the impact of their colonial background on their urban visions, an issue which has been overlooked or inadequately emphasised in recent flâneur scholarship.