Hitchhiking: Cultural Inroads

Laviolette, Patrick

The first English-language social science book to comprehensively explore hitchhiking in the contemporary era in the West, this volume covers a lot of ground—it goes to and fro, in an echo of the modus operandi of most hitchhiking journeys.  As scarification, piercings, and tattoos move from the counter-culture to popular culture, hitchhiking has remained an activity apart. Yet, with the assistance of virtual platforms and through its ever-growing memorialisation in literature and the arts, hitchhiking persists into the 21st century, despite the many social anxieties surrounding it. The themes addressed here thus include: adventure; gender; fear and trust; freedom and existential travel; road and transport infrastructures; communities of protest and resistance; civic surveillance and risk ecologies.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2020-09-03

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030482473

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-48248-0

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 261