(Re)civilizing the Young Driver: Technization and Emotive Automobility

Lumsden, Karen

Abstract

© 2013, © 2013 Taylor & Francis. ABSTRACT: Historically, youths have presented challenges to the authorities via their appropriation of the automobile and related inversion of mainstream motoring values. Recently, this has been demonstrated in the contestation concerning boy racers in the UK and their engagement in deviant driving and car modification. Drawing on Elias’ civilizing process and work on technization, this paper demonstrates how various measures targeted the emotive heart of this car-based community, thus attempting to (re)civilize young drivers. Data is presented from ethnographic research with boy racers and societal groups in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Citation

Lumsden, K. (2015). (Re)civilizing the Young Driver: Technization and Emotive Automobility. Mobilities, 10(1), 36-54. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2013.823716

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Aug 15, 2013
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Oct 10, 2019
• Journal: Mobilities
• Print ISSN: 1745-0101
• Electronic ISSN: 1745-011X
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 36-54
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2013.823716
• Keywords: Geography, Planning and Development; Sociology and Political Science; Demography
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2797600
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17450101.2013.823716