What is "milieux"

Usage examples of "milieux".

The New York Review of Science Fiction, John Kessel observed that contemporary mainstream fiction tends to shy away from larger perspectives and generalized implications, preferring to emphasize the minute evocation of specific places, people, and small-scale events, while sf continues to embrace a more generalized perspective, inviting broad metaphorical and symbolic readings, even in stories confined to familiar milieux and recognizable contemporary settings.