Examines what it means historically, culturally, socioeconomically, and politically to be a bicycle transportation advocate/activist. Presenting an underground subculture of bike enthusiasts who aggressively resist car culture, this book maps out the cultural trajectories between mobility, technology, urban space and everyday life.
Examines what it means historically, culturally, socioeconomically, and politically to be a bicycle transportation advocate/activist. Presenting an underground subculture of bike enthusiasts who aggressively resist car culture, this book maps out the cultural trajectories between mobility, technology, urban space and everyday life.
Zack Furness is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies at Columbia College Chicago and a member of the Bad Subjects collective.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments 1 Introductions and Intersections 2 Becoming Auto-Mobile 3 Vélorutionaries and the Right to the (Bikeable) City 4 Critical Mass and the Functions of Bicycle Protest 5 Two-Wheeled Terrors and Forty-Year-Old Virgins: Mass Media and the Representation of Bicycling 6 DIY Bike Culture 7 Handouts, Hand Ups, or Just Lending a Hand? Community Bike Projects, Bicycle Aid, and Competing Visions of Development under Globalization 8 Conclusion, or "We Have Nothing to Lose but Our (Bike) Chains" Notes Bibliography Index
Acknowledgments 1 Introductions and Intersections 2 Becoming Auto-Mobile 3 Vélorutionaries and the Right to the (Bikeable) City 4 Critical Mass and the Functions of Bicycle Protest 5 Two-Wheeled Terrors and Forty-Year-Old Virgins: Mass Media and the Representation of Bicycling 6 DIY Bike Culture 7 Handouts, Hand Ups, or Just Lending a Hand? Community Bike Projects, Bicycle Aid, and Competing Visions of Development under Globalization 8 Conclusion, or "We Have Nothing to Lose but Our (Bike) Chains" Notes Bibliography Index
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