Tim Cresswell, Tanu Priya Uteng, David Kronlid <br/><br/>
Gendered Mobilities / 
edited by Tanu Priya Uteng, Tim Cresswell. 
 - London :  Routledge,  2008. 
 - xii, 270 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Transport and society .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Chapter 1|12 pages - Gendered Mobilities: Towards an Holistic Understanding - ByTim Cresswell, Tanu Priya Uteng.<br/>Part 2 <br/>Chapter 2|20 pages - Mobility as Capability - ByDavid Kronlid.<br/>Chapter 3|12 pages - Embodying the Space Between: Unmapping Writing about Racialised and Gendered Mobilities.<br/>Chapter 4|18 pages - Motherhood, Risk and Everyday Mobilities - By Lesley Murray.<br/>Chapter 5|18 pages - ‘Mobile Belonging’: Exploring Transnational Feminist Theory and Online Connectivity.<br/>Chapter 6|16 pages - Gendering Mobility: Insights into the Construction of Spatial Concepts - By Nadine Cattan.<br/>Chapter 7|14 pages - The Culture of Automobility: How Interacting Drivers Relate to Legal Standards and to Each Other in Traffic.<br/>Part 2<br/>PART 2: HOW AND WHY ARE MOBILITIES GENDERED?<br/>Chapter 8|14 pages - Gender Still Matters: Mobility Aspirations among European Scientists Working Abroad.<br/>Chapter 9|14 pages - ‘I’m More Sexy Here’: Erotic Subjectivities of Female Tourists in the ‘Sexual Paradise’ of the Costa Rican Caribbean.<br/>Chapter 10|16 pages - A Spatial Exploration of the Accessibility of Low-Income Women: Chengdu, China and Chennai, India.<br/>Chapter 11|14 pages - Gendered Mobilities in Developing Countries: The Case of (Urban) Uganda.<br/>Chapter 12|20 pages - Gender Differences in the Influences of Urban Structure on Daily Travel<br/>Chapter 13|18 pages - Daily Mobility of Men and Women – A Barometer of Gender Equality? - By Randi Hjorthol.<br/>PART 3: SEEKING GROUNDS FOR FUTURE POLICIES<br/>Chapter 14|16 pages - Gender and the Social Usage of Mobile Technologies: From Information Society Policies to Everyday Practices.<br/>Chapter 15|14 pages - Gender Mainstreaming in Swedish Transport Policy - By Merritt Polk.<br/>Chapter 16|12 pages - Are We There Yet? Women and Transport Revisited - By Clara Greed.<br/>EPILOGUE<br/>Chapter 17|10 pages - Gendered Mobilities: Epilogue - By Mimi Sheller.<br/> 
<br/><br/> Being socially and geographically mobile is generally seen as one of the central aspects of women's wellbeing. Alongside health, education and political participation, mobility is indispensable in order for women to reach goals such as agency and freedom. Building on new philosophical underpinnings of 'mobility', whereby society is seen to be framed by the convergence of various mobilities, this volume focuses on the intersection of mobility, social justice and gender. The authors reflect on five highly interdependent mobilities that form and reform social life: * --  taken from the publisher's site. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781138252820 (pbk-alk. paper)  £44.99 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007034128 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Transportation--Social aspects.<br/>Freedom of movement--Sex differences.<br/>Travel--Sex differences.<br/>Spatial behavior--Sex differences.<br/>Wireless communication systems--Social aspects.<br/>Social mobility--Sex differences.<br/>Movement (Philosophy)
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.3  
, A3/2  22