Gender and cycling: reconsidering the links through a reconstructive approach to Mexican history

Aryana Soliz

Mobilities, 2022, vol. 17, issue 6, 814-835

Abstract: What is the relationship between bicycle travel and gender relations in changing social contexts? How can socio-cultural research contribute to a nuanced analysis of women and cycling without relying on universalizing translations? Drawing from intersectional feminist ethnography and decolonial theory, this paper complicates certain generalizations about the relationship between women and bicycling. Through a reconstructive approach to Mexican history, it examines the bicycle’s changing roles and meanings as well as the ways that women confront gender stereotypes on and off of the bicycle. This paper aims to resituate diverse women’s experiences in local cycling histories and current planning agendas. It posits the need for greater attention to the complex social processes that enable and restrict bicycle travel, engendering multiple and at times conflicting meanings.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2021.1939109

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