Mobilities in India: The Experience of Suburban Rail Commuting

by Bhaswati Mondal

This book presents commuting as a new paradigm in mobility studies in the context of global south. It delves into suburban train commuting in Eastern India. The book interprets commuting not only as a means to attend work but also as a process producing kinetic event-space infused with different mobile practices, which is not determined by their locational fixity, rather can be cognized. It analyses the role of suburban train commuting in the metropolitan...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030783499
• ISBN13: 9783030783495
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.7" x 9.4"