Mobility, space and culture / Peter Merriman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merriman, Peter, author.

Series:

International Library of Sociology

International library of sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Research.

Social sciences.

Social mobility.

Spatial behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the past ten to fifteen years there has emerged an increasing concern with mobility in the social sciences and humanities. In Mobility, Space and Culture, Peter Merriman provides an important and timely contribution to the mobilities turn in the social sciences, encouraging academics to rethink the relationship between movement, embodied practices, space and place.The book takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing upon theoretical and empirical work from across the social sciences and humanities to provide a critical evaluation of the relationship between 'mobility'

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: mobility, space and culture; PART I Mobility, space and place; 2 Unpicking time-space: towards new understandings of movement-space; 3 Mobility, place, placelessness; PART II Driving, culture and embodiment; Introduction to Part II; 4 Driving sensations and embodied practices; 5 Gendered driving bodies; 6 Governing driving subjects; PART III Conclusion; 7 Spatialising mobile cultures; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-207) and index.

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

ISBN:

1-136-90338-0

1-283-51978-X

9786613832238

0-203-84210-3

1-136-90339-9

9780203842102

OCLC:

804661622