{"product_id":"hitchhiking-9783030482480","title":"Hitchhiking","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first English-language social science book to comprehensively explore hitchhiking in the contemporary era in the West, this volume covers a lot of ground—it goes to and fro, in an echo of the modus operandi of most hitchhiking journeys.  As scarification, piercings, and tattoos move from the counter-culture to popular culture, hitchhiking has remained an activity apart. Yet, with the assistance of virtual platforms and through its ever-growing memorialisation in literature and the arts, hitchhiking persists into the 21st century, despite the many social anxieties surrounding it. The themes addressed here thus include: adventure; gender; fear and trust; freedom and existential travel; road and transport infrastructures; communities of protest and resistance; civic surveillance and risk ecologies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52914984222999,"sku":null,"price":6072.63,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/6918\/8119\/files\/9783030482480.jpg?v=1781511909","url":"https:\/\/payment.letskitaboo.com\/ur\/products\/hitchhiking-9783030482480","provider":"Kitaboo One eStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}