Cultural and Literary Representations of the Automobile in French Indochina

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Studies in Mobilities, Literature, and CultureThis series represents an exciting new publishing opportunity for scholars working at the intersection of literary, cultural, and mobilities research. The editors welcome proposals that engage with movement of all kinds-ranging from the global and transnational to the local and the everyday. The series is particularly concerned with examining the material means and structures of movement, as well as the infrastructures that surround such movement, with a focus on transport, travel, postcolonialism, and/or embodiment. While we expect many titles from literary scholars who draw upon research originating in cultural geography and/ or sociology in order to gain valuable new insights into literary and cultural texts, proposals are equally welcome from scholars working in the social sciences who make use of literary and cultural texts in their theorizing. The series invites monographs that engage with textual materials of all kinds-i.e., film, photography, digital media, and the visual arts, as well as fiction, poetry, and other literary forms-and projects engaging with non-western literatures and cultures are especially welcome.More information about this series at

Tube Housing as Dominant System and Everyday Urban Culture of Saigon-Ho Chi Minh City

“…Plans for discouraging motorcycle ownership and reducing motorcycle traffic were also put into practice; for example, an individual is permitted to own only one motorcycle – ‘one person, one motorcycle’ – and all freeways connecting Saigon-HCMC to adjacent cities are for cars only (Truong-Young, 2011: 69). For Hanoi, authorities voted to ban motorbikes by 2030 (Ponsavady, 2018: 216). ‘Skinny’ tube housing in long and narrow laneways has been labelled as ‘slums’.…”