Reconsidering the bicycle : an anthropological perspective on a new (old) thing / Luis A. Vivanco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vivanco, Luis Antonio, 1969- author.

Series:

Routledge series for creative teaching and learning in anthropology.

The Routledge series for creative teaching and learning in anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bicycles.

Cycling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In cities throughout the world, bicycles have gained a high profile in recent years, with politicians and activists promoting initiatives like bike lanes, bikeways, bike share programs, and other social programs to get more people on bicycles. Bicycles in the city are, some would say, the wave of the future for car-choked, financially-strapped, obese, and sustainability-sensitive urban areas.This book explores how and why people are reconsidering the bicycle, no longer thinking of it simply as a toy or exercise machine, but as a potential solution to a number of contemporary problems

Contents:

Cover; RECONSIDERING THE BICYCLE: An Anthropological Perspective on a New (Old) Thing; Copyright; CONTENTS; FIGURES; BOXES; SERIES FOREWORD; PREFACE: The Bicycle, a New (Old) Thing; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 ANTHROPOLOGY, BICYCLES, AND URBAN MOBILITY; Reconsidering the Bicycle; Toward an Anthropology of Urban Bicycle Mobility; Fieldwork on Two Wheels: Pedaling Toward Critical Estrangement; For Further Exploration; 2 WHAT (AND WHEN) IS A BICYCLE?; Part One: A Brief History of Bicycles; Part Two: A Bicycle is a Multidimensional Object; For Further Exploration

3 CONSTRUCTING URBAN BICYCLE CULTURES: PERSPECTIVES ON THREE CITIESUrban Form, Mobility Systems, and Bicycles; AMSTERDAM: Unfazed and Nonplussed on Two Wheels; BOGOTÁ: "Bicycle Consciousness" and the Right to the City; BURLINGTON: Sharing the Road in a "Bicycle Friendly Community"; Conclusion; For Further Exploration; 4 "GOOD FOR THE CAUSE": THE BIKE MOVEMENT AS SOCIAL ACTION AND CULTURAL POLITICS; Constructing a Bike Movement with a Politically Flexible Symbol; Asserting the Visibility (and Invisibility) of the Bicycle; Dilemmas of Fun and Convenience; Conclusion; For Further Exploration

5 CONCLUSION: ON THE NEED FOR THE BICYCLENOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-65677-4

0-203-58453-8

1-299-27971-6

1-136-65670-7

9780203584538

OCLC:

830161203