Mobility, Space and Culture

by Merriman; Peter

• ISBN13: 9780415593564
• ISBN10: 0415593565
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-06-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In Mobility, Space and Culture, Peter Merriman provides an important and timely contribution to the mobilities turn in the social sciences, focusing on the spacing and timing of practices of mobility. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing upon theoretical and empirical work from sociology, geography, mobility studies, cultural studies, politics and history to examine important aspects of the intersection of mobile practices and spaces of mobility. Merriman draws upon post-structuralist writings on space, practice and society to demonstrate how movement does not simply occur in space or time, but actively produces and shapes spaces and times. He draws upon detailed empirical research on early experiences of and social reactions to driving in Britain, to trace how this important mobile practice became enmeshed with debates about gender, embodiment and visuality, health, government and politics. The book will be essential reading for undergraduates and postgraduates studying mobility in sociology, geography, cultural studies, politics, transport studies, and history.