Cycling

A Sociology of Vélomobility
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-67094-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

Reihe: The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest, and Culture

Cycling: A Sociology of Vélomobility explores cycling as a sociological phenomenon. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, it considers the interaction of materials, competencies and meanings that comprise a variety of cycling practices. What might appear at first to be self-evident actions are shown to be constructed through the interplay of numerous social and political forces. Using a theoretical framework from mobilities studies, its central themes respond to the question of what it is about cycling that provokes so much interest and passion, both positive and negative.

Individual chapters consider how cycling has appeared as theme and illustration in social theory, as well as the legacies of these theorizations. The book expands on the image of cycling practices as the product of an assemblage of technology, rider and environment. Riding spaces as material technologies are found to be as important as the machinery of the cycle, and a distinction is made between routes and rides to help interpret aspects of journey-making. Ideas of both affordance and script are used to explore how elements interact in performance to create sensory and experiential scapes. Consideration is also given to the changing identities of cycling practices in historical and geographical perspective.

The book adds to existing research by extending the theorization of cycling mobilities. It engages with both current and past debates on the place of cycling in mobility systems and the problems of researching, analyzing and communicating ephemeral mobile experiences.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cox, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Reise & Urlaub: Führer, Landkarten, Pläne
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sportveranstaltungen, Sportmanagement, Teams & Clubs
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sport, Sportwissenschaft: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Hobbies & Spiele

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Towards a Sociology of Cycles and Cycling

2. Researching Bicycling

3. Materials: Cycle Technologies

4. Environments: Material Spaces of Cycling

5. Exploring (Im)Material Space

6. Competencies: Riding Alone

7. Travelling Together

8. Meanings, Representations and Identities

9. Riding the City: Public Meanings and Cycling Advocacy

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Cox is Professor of Sociology at the University of Chester. He chairs the international network, Scientists for Cycling, which supports the work of the European Cyclists’ Federation and was a founding member of the Cycling and Society Research Group in 2004. Prior to academic life, he ran his own cycle business and still enjoys riding and fixing a variety of cycles, old and new.