The badaud is an important urban type from 18th and 19th-century French literature, one that has been adapted to explain aspects of mass culture and modern experience. The term badaud (plural: badauds) comes from the French and has the basic meaning of "gawker", or more neutrally, "bystander".
The badaud is an important urban type from 18th and 19th-century French literature, one that has been adapted to explain aspects of mass culture and modern experience. The term badaud (plural: badauds) comes from the French and has the basic meaning of "gawker", or more neutrally, "bystander".
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