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Hermes on Two Wheels shows the dynamic world of the bicycle messenger through a sociological lens, based on a five-year participant observation study. Beginning with the experiences of messengers themselves and moving to describe the structural settings of those experiences, the research shows how messengers work within a political-economic system that devalues semi-skilled labor and strips people of emotional fulfillment. The voluntary risk-taking of messengers becomes a means of achieving such emotional fulfillment as well as making a living, while their stylistic expressions pay dividends in cultural scrip rather than money. Through their work, messengers help to reproduce and maintain the structures of society while also constructing a vibrant, rebellious, politicized subculture that has come to represent the new urban hipster, an image continually under threat of co-optation.
| Categoria | Sociologia |
| Subcategoria | Estudos Urbanos |
| Autores | Kevin Wehr |
| Sobre o Autor | Kevin Wehr é pesquisador e professor, reconhecido por seus estudos em sociologia, especialmente nas áreas de cultura, trabalho e subculturas urbanas. |
| Idioma | Inglês |
| Quantidade de Páginas | 142 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |
| Editora | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| ISBN | 9780761847939 |
| Tamanho | 15.2x22.9 |