Moto-mobilities: Geographies of the Motorcycle and Motorcyclists

This paper draws upon and seeks to extend accounts of systems of automobility through an examination of geographies of the motorcycle and motorcyclist--or what the authors term 'moto-mobilities'. The authors utilize the figure of the motorcycle to raise the importance of analyzing alternative mobilities: to consider how they appeal to different traveling dispositions and emotions; how they have been represented; and how they have been produced, marketed and consumed. The paper first reflects upon the experiences and embodiment of the motorcycle-rider; second, evaluates representations of moto-mobility; and finally attends to the materiality of mobility via an examination of the economy of motorcycle qualities.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2012.659466
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Taylor and Francis.
• Authors:
  • Pinch, Philip
  • Reimer, Suzanne
• Publication Date: 2012-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 439-457
• Serial:
  • Mobilities
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISSN: 1745-0101
  • EISSN: 1745-011X
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rmob20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Geography; Marketing; Mobility; Motorcycles; Motorcyclists
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01499255
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 21 2013 9:15AM