Discourses of Cycling, Road Users and Sustainability

An Ecolinguistic Investigation
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-44025-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 146 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 333 g

Reihe: Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse

This book employs a Critical Discourse Studies (CDS) framework to examine cycling mobility, marking a new turn in ecolinguistic discourse analysis. The author focuses specifically on environment-related arguments concerning the promotion of higher levels of cycling, mainly as a means of transport, and investigates the “US vs. “THEM” narratives present in many discourses about road users. Analysing newspaper articles, institutional documents and spoken interviews, the author searches for a positive new discourse that would inspire and encourage cycling as a habitual means of transport, rather than simply exposing ecologically destructive discourse. The book will be of interest to scholars of discourse and ecolinguistics, as well as contributing to the lively debate about how to increase cycling in fields such as sustainability, sociology, transport planning and management.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Caimotto, M. Cristina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Gesundheitspädagogik, Umweltpädagogik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Textlinguistik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Transport- und Verkehrswirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Discourse Practices and Power.- Chapter 3: History, Urban Planning and Controversies.- Chapter 4: Stigmatisation in Newspapers.- Chapter 5: London Mayor's Transport Strategy.- Chapter 6: Marketisation in European Documents.- Chapter 7: The Words of People Who Cycle.- Chapter 8: Positive Discourse Strategies and Concluding Remarks.

Über Autor(innen)

M. Cristina Caimotto is Assistant Professor of English Linguistics and Translation at the University of Turin, Italy. Her research interests include political discourse and environmental discourse, with a focus on ideology. She is also a cycling advocate.