Mobility - flows, movement and migration in social life - has emerged as a central area of sociological debate, yet one of its most dominant forms, automobility, has remained largely ignored. Automobilities presents one of the first examinations of the car and its promise of autonomy and mobility.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction - Mike Featherstone
The System of Automobility - John Urry
Driving in the City - Nigel Thrift
The Driver-Car - Tim Dant
Mobility and Safety - Jörg Beckmann
Automobility and National Identity - Tim Edensor
Representation, Geography and Driving Practice
Cars and Nations - Rudy J Koshar
Anglo-German Perspectives on Automobility Between the World Wars
Driving Places - Peter Merriman
Marc Augé, Non-Places and the Geographies of England s M1 Motorway
Three Ages of the Automobile - David Gartman
The Cultural Logics of the Car
Auto Couture - David Inglis
Thinking the Car in Post-War France
Automotive Emotions - Mimi Sheller
Feeling the Car
Automobility and the Power of Sound - Michael Bull
Doing Officework on the Motorway - Eric Laurier
