Gendered Mobilities - Tim Cresswell

Gendered Mobilities

(Autor)

Tanu Priya Uteng (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
288 Seiten
2008
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7546-7105-3 (ISBN)
186,95 inkl. MwSt
Being socially and geographically mobile is generally seen as one of the central aspects of women's wellbeing. Alongside health, education and political participation, mobility is indispensable in order for women to reach goals such as agency and freedom. Building on new philosophical underpinnings of 'mobility', whereby society is seen to be framed by the convergence of various mobilities, this volume focuses on the intersection of mobility, social justice and gender. The authors reflect on five highly interdependent mobilities that form and reform social life: *

Tanu Priya Uteng is Research Fellow in the Department of Civil and Transport Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. Tim Cresswell, is Professor in the Depatment of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

Gendered mobilities: towards an holistic understanding, Tim Cresswell and Tanu Priya Uteng; Part 1 Dialogical Reflections: Mobility as capability, David Kronlid; Embodying the space between: unmapping writing about racialised and gendered mobilities, Sheela Subramanian; Motherhood, risk and everyday mobilities, Lesley Murray; 'Mobile belonging': exploring transnational feminist theory and online connectivity, Michaela Fay; Gendering mobility: insights into the construction of spatial concepts, Nadine Cattan; The culture of automobility: how interacting drivers relate to legal standards and to each other in traffic, Anette Jerup JA,rgensen. Part 2 How and Why are Mobilities Gendered?: Gender still matters: mobility aspirations among European scientists working abroad, Elisabeth Scheibelhofer; 'I'm more sexy here': erotic subjectivities of female tourists in the 'sexual paradise' of the Costa Rica Caribbean, Susan Frohlick; A spatial exploration of the accessiblity of low-income women: Chengdu, China and Chennai, India, Sumeeta Srinivasan; Gendered mobilities in developing countries: the case of (urban) Uganda, Nite Tanzarn; Gender differences in the influences of urban structure on daily travel, Petter NA|ss; Daily mobility of men and women a a barometer of gender equality?, Randi Hjorthol. Part 3 Seeking Grounds for Future Policies: Gender and the social usage of mobile technologies: from information society policies to everyday practices, Tommi Inkinen; Gender mainstreaming in Swedish transport policy, Merritt Polk; Are we there yet? Women and transport revisited, Clara Greed. Epilogue: Gendered Mobilities: epilogue, Mimi Sheller; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 28.3.2008
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 612 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10 0-7546-7105-4 / 0754671054
ISBN-13 978-0-7546-7105-3 / 9780754671053
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