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Body pedagogics, transactionalism and vélo identities: Becoming a cyclist in motorised societies.

Authors :
Shilling, Chris
Source :
Sociological Review; Jan2022, Vol. 70 Issue 1, p3-20, 18p
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

Sociological research into the body pedagogics of occupational, educational, religious and sporting groups focuses on cases in which the social and material environment reproduces these 'ways of life', yet devotes little attention to how cultures persist within circumstances hostile to their maintenance. Developing a transactionalist approach to body pedagogics, I address this lacuna by investigating the case of cycling within societies dominated by automobility. Cycling, in these contexts, requires individuals to engage creatively with challenging physical and environmental exchanges. Such exchanges frequently alienate but can involve the development of 'outsider' mobile status, have been reorganised into stable practices by vélo cultures, and highlight embodied processes relevant to general sociological investigations into marginalised cultures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00380261
Volume :
70
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Sociological Review
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
154229080
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/00380261211049037