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Errant Bodies, Mobility, and Political Resistance

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Authors:
  1. Gregory Blair

    1. Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD, USA

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  • Opens a space for inquiry into the nature of the mobile subject in the context of contemporary mobilities

  • Takes an interdisciplinary approach by addressing research questions across political science, geography, place studies, mobility studies, artistic practices, cartography, and philosophy

  • Draws upon historical pre-figurations and moves from ancient Greece over modern figures to examples of the present day

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Errant Bodies

    • Gregory Blair
    Pages 1-11

  3. Cynics and Punks

    • Gregory Blair
    Pages 13-24

  4. Parisian Drifters: Flânerie and Dérive

    • Gregory Blair
    Pages 25-39

  5. Wanderlust and the Gendering of Mobility

    • Gregory Blair
    Pages 41-51

  6. Beatniks and Guerrilla Warfare

    • Gregory Blair
    Pages 53-62

  7. Rambling and Restlessness

    • Gregory Blair
    Pages 63-75

  8. Excursions into the Wild

    • Gregory Blair
    Pages 77-88

  9. Emergent Errant Bodies

    • Gregory Blair
    Pages 89-96

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 97-106
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About this book

This book explores a type of wandering referred to as “errant bodies.” This form of wandering is intentional, without specific destination, and operates as a means of resistance against hegemonic forms of power and cultural prescriptions. Beginning with an examination of the character and particulars of being an errant body, the book investigates historical errant bodies including Ancient Greek Cynics, Punks, Baudelaire, Situationists, Earhart, Kerouac, Fuller, Baudrillard, Hamish Fulton, and Keri Smith. Being an errant body means stepping to the side of dominant culture, creating a potential means of political resistance in the technologically driven twenty-first century.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD, USA

    Gregory Blair

About the author

Gregory Blair is Associate Professor of Art at Northern State University, USA. He has exhibited his artwork and presented his research in locations that include Italy, Portugal, New York, New Orleans, Boston, Alaska, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, and Canada.

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