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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jeffrey L. Kidder , Susan Fox RogersPublisher: Cornell University Press Imprint: ILR Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.907kg ISBN: 9780801449925ISBN 10: 0801449928 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 07 October 2011 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Replaced By: 9781501713590 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: English Table of ContentsReviews@font-face { font-family: Times New Roman ;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman ; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman ; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Urban Flow's principle contribution is a call to sociologists of culture to more thoroughly examine emotions, space, and the relationship between the two; emotions are emplaced, and physical structures significantly shape interaction. Through what Kidder calls the 'affective appropriation of space' messengers resist the conformist, rationalized world of the city, affording moments, however small, of creativity and liberation. -Ross Haenfler, Qualitative Sociology (2012) Urban Flow captures the unseen world of urban bike messengers. Jeffrey L. Kidder's first-person account explains the allure of delivering packages, the importance of alleycat races, and the use of fixed- gear bikes. This exciting look at an understudied aspect of urban life explains the symbols and the skill sets of a highly developed, often misunderstood subculture. Ultimately Urban Flow is about the ability of bike messengers to play with, and flow through, city streets; all while doing a job most city dwellers love to hate. -Gregory Snyder, Baruch College, City University of New York, author of Graffiti Lives Urban Flow offers very rich original insights into the nature of city bike messenger work and culture. The opening vignettes and Jeffrey L. Kidder's account of 'being there' as an insider convey from the outset the level of his involvement in and understanding of the world of the bike messengers. He captures the messengers' subcultural norms and values and lifestyle in great detail within the context of their world of work and the urban environment to show how they make sense of themselves both as individuals and as a community. -Frank Worthington, University of Liverpool Management School, editor of the Journal of Organizational Ethnography <p> Urban Flow offers very rich original insights into the nature of city bike messenger work and culture. The opening vignettes and Jeffrey L. Kidder's account of 'being there' as an insider convey from the outset the level of his involvement in and understanding of the world of the bike messengers. He captures the messengers' subcultural norms and values and lifestyle in great detail within the context of their world of work and the urban environment to show how they make sense of themselves both as individuals and as a community. -Frank Worthington, University of Liverpool Management School, editor of the Journal of Organizational Ethnography <p> Urban Flow offers very rich original insights into the nature of city bike messenger work and culture. The opening vignettes and Jeffrey L. Kidder's account of 'being there' as an insider convey from the outset the level of his involvement in and understanding of the world of the bike messengers. He captures the messengers' subcultural norms and values and lifestyle in great detail within the context of their world of work and the urban environment to show how they make sense of themselves both as individuals and as a community. Frank Worthington, University of Liverpool Management School, editor of the Journal of Organizational Ethnography Author InformationJeffrey L. Kidder is Associate Professor of Sociology at Northern Illinois University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |