Urban Flow : : Bike Messengers and the City /

Urban Flow : : Bike Messengers and the City / / Jeffrey L. Kidder.

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Bike messengers are familiar figures in the downtown cores of major cities. Tasked with delivering time-sensitive materials within, at most, a few hours-and sometimes in as little as fifteen minutes-these couriers ride in all types of weather, weave in and out of dense traffic, dodging (or sometimes...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Kidder, Jeffrey L.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2012]
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 23 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Lure of Delivery
  • 1. The Job
  • 2. The Lifestyle
  • 3. Men's Work and Dirty Work
  • 4. Playing in Traffic
  • 5. The Deep Play of Alleycats
  • 6. The Affective Appropriation of Space
  • 7. The Meaning of Messenger Style
  • Conclusion: The Politics of Appropriation
  • Appendix A: Theoretical Outline
  • Appendix B: Expanded Discussion of Method
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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