Travel time activities Mobility and femininities in the ladies compartments of the Mumbai local trains
- Title
- Travel time activities Mobility and femininities in the ladies compartments of the Mumbai local trains
- Creator
- Arundhathi
- Description
- Activities undertaken during everyday commutes have often been studied to prove the inherent value of travel time to the commuters. Women commuters using the ladies compartments of the Mumbai local trains use this time to eat and share food, shop, chitchat, and watch sitcoms on their phones. Undertaken in a gender-segregated space, these activities make womens mobility an avenue for the performance of their femininities. Thus, while the association between masculinity and mobility stands questioned, what merits enquiry is whether mobility for women is premised on their effective performance of hegemonic femininities. 2022 The Society for Ethnographic Theory. All rights reserved.
- Source
- HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, Vol-12, No. 2, pp. 565-579.
- Date
- 2022-01-01
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Subject
- gender; mobility; space; trains; travel; women
- Coverage
- Arundhathi, Christ University, Bangalore, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 25751433
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Arundhathi, “Travel time activities Mobility and femininities in the ladies compartments of the Mumbai local trains,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 25, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/14875.