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Bodies, cybercars and the mundane incorporation of automated mobilities

Les corps, les cybervoitures et l'incorporation banale des mobilités automatisées

Cuerpos, cibercoches y la incorporación rutinaria de movilidades automatizadas

Mimi Sheller Centre for Mobilities Research, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YD, UK; Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA E-mail: [email protected]@swarthmore.edu
Pages 175-197 | Published online: 13 Jul 2007

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