‘Sir, it was my right of way!’ Examining cultural change and the contested entitlements of automobility
Butcher, Melissa (2019) ‘Sir, it was my right of way!’ Examining cultural change and the contested entitlements of automobility. Mobilities 14 (6), pp. 795-808. ISSN 1745-0101.
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Abstract
This qualitative study uses a frame of entitlements to explore how automobility reflects the complex tensions of cultural change, including shifting privileges within gendered and classed social relations. Through documenting the mobility of a cohort of middle-class women in Delhi, three regimes of entitlement are identified within the city’s 'landscape[s] of power' (Bagheri 2017): the car and its impact on the built environment; the constraints of gendered expectations; and middle class entitlement within a neo-liberal city. The findings highlight the capacity of competing entitlements to structure and contest cultural change, as well as the importance of contextualising mobility theory.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis, available online at the link above. |
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | automobility, cultural change, Delhi, entitlement, gender, urban studies |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Melissa Butcher |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jun 2019 12:42 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:52 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/27879 |
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