How environments speak: everyday mobilities, impersonal speech and the geographies of commentary

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 146-164

  Bissell, David ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

affect; commentary; commuting; everyday life; mobilities; speech

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; FIELDWORK; MOBILITY; TRANSPORTATION MODE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 84920642632     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2014.958520     Document Type: Article

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