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The microsociology of automobility: the production of the automobile self

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Drivers and automobiles are frequently represented in the automobility studies literature as hybrid human–machine cyborg assemblages. A concurrent theme within the automobility literature has been the disciplinary processes by which the automobile self is constructed; here, however, it is assumed that the self to be investigated is the self of the driver, not the self of the car-driver entity. In this paper, a neo-Goffmanian account of the construction of this cyborg self is developed. This provides a complementary theoretical framework to those based on the work of Michel Foucault to account for the production of the automobile self.

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  • Richard Randell, 2017. "The microsociology of automobility: the production of the automobile self," Mobilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(5), pages 663-676, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rmobxx:v:12:y:2017:i:5:p:663-676
    DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2016.1176776
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