Lynne Pearce

Britain's Changing Roadscapes

Mobility, Place, Attachment, Loss. Sprachen: Englisch. 24,0 cm / 16,1 cm / 2,0 cm ( B/H/T )
EAN 9781032487342
248,40 €
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278 Seiten
Februar 2026
Routledge

Through a creative juxtaposition of autoethnography and theoretical enquiry, this book documents how Britain's roads and roadscapes have changed over the past thirty-five years via a route that runs from Scotland to Cornwall.

Lynne Pearce is a Professor of Literary and Cultural Theory in the School of Arts at Lancaster University and Co-Director (Humanities) of CeMoRe (Lancaster's Centre for Mobilities Research). Her recent publications include Drivetime (2016) and Mobility, Memory and the Lifecourse (2019).

1. Introduction: Researching The Road And Measuring Change 2. Journeying Through Britain's Changing Roadscapes 3. Emplacing Change On The Road 4. The Changing Kin/aesthetics Of Britain's Road Network 5. Road Attachments: The Paradox Of Transient Place 6. Afterword