Car Cultures
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Car Cultures
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Author : Daniel Miller
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-05-26
Car Cultures written by Daniel Miller and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-26 with Social Science categories.
Anyone who assumes that a car is simply a means to get from point A to point B, or who even thinks that they know what a car is, should read this book. Profoundly shaped by culture, the car gives rise to a wide range of emotions, from guilt about the environment in the UK to aboriginal concerns with car corpses, to struggles to keep the creatures alive with everything but the proper spare parts in West Africa. Cars and their landscapes prove central to human life from its most intimate to the widest sense of global crisis, and are capable of inspiring epic passions. From road rage in Western Europe to the struggles of cab driving in Africa to the emergence of Black identity in the US, this book examines the essential humanity of the car, which includes the jealousies, gender differences, fears and moralities that cars give rise to. Firmly grounded in detailed ethnographic and historical scholarship, this is the first book to provide an informed sense of cars as one of the most familiar and significant forms of material culture.
Autopia
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Author : Peter Wollen
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2002
Autopia written by Peter Wollen and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Social Science categories.
The reach of the car today is almost universal, and its effect on landscapes, cityscapes, cultures indeed, on the very fabric of the modern world is profound. Cars have brought benefits to individuals in terms of mobility and expanded horizons, but the cost has been very high in terms of damage to the environment and the consumption of precious resources. Despite the growing belief that a Faustian price is now being paid for the freedom cars have bestowed on us, we are none the less manufacturing them in ever greater numbers. Autopia is the first book to explore the culture of the motor car in the widest possible sense. Featuring newly commissioned essays by writers, critics, historians, artists and film-makers, as well as reprinting key texts, it examines the effect of the car throughout the world, including the USA, Western and Eastern Europe, Japan, China, Cuba, India and South Africa. In this book the car is treated neither as a technological fetish object nor as an instrument of danger. Instead, it is examined as a hugely important determinant of 20th-century culture, neither wholly good nor an unmitigated disaster, and certainly endlessly fascinating. Contributors include Michael Bracewell, Ziauddin Sardar, Al Rees, Martin Pawley, Donald Richie and Peter Hamilton. Key texts by Marshall Berman, Jane Jacobs, Roland Barthes, Marc Auge and others."
Cars And Culture
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Author : Rudi Volti
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2006-03-10
Cars And Culture written by Rudi Volti and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-10 with Business & Economics categories.
A succinct yet comprehensive history, Cars and Culture highlights the technical changes that altered the appearance and performance of automobiles, along with the myriad forces that have shaped the car's development.
The Automobile And American Culture
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Author : David Lanier Lewis
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 1983
The Automobile And American Culture written by David Lanier Lewis and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Automobiles categories.
Presents essays on all phases of the American automobile industry and the effect of its product on individual lives and the culture of the society.
The Car Culture
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Author : James J. Flink
language : en
Publisher: Mit Press
Release Date : 1976
The Car Culture written by James J. Flink and has been published by Mit Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Social Science categories.
Slow Car Fast
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Author : Ryan K. ZumMallen
language : en
Publisher: Carrara Media
Release Date :
Slow Car Fast written by Ryan K. ZumMallen and has been published by Carrara Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Transportation categories.
Slow Car Fast: The Millennial Mantra Changing Car Culture for Good explores the changing tides of car culture and re-examines the meaning of being a “car guy” in 2020. Veteran automotive journalist Ryan K. ZumMallen parses this world through the drivers, tuners and designers that live and breathe it against the fertile backdrop of Southern California. How did horsepower and speed get so out of control? Do young people still like cars? Who are the automotive icons that will shape car culture for years to come? Slow Car Fast offers answers to the questions on the mind of every kid who grew up with a poster on their wall and dreamed of owning their dream car one day, ferreted out through first-hand reporting on the ground. ZumMallen goes inside the automotive zeitgeist to explain how modern car culture came to be, from the old-school (massive improvements in engineering and technology) to the new-school (the rise of video games and social media). Featuring interviews with dozens of influential voices and ride-alongs in today's automotive unicorns, Slow Car Fast is a must-have eBook for anyone who knows that getting behind the wheel is only the beginning.
In The Company Of Cars
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Author : Sarah Redshaw
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2017-09-29
In The Company Of Cars written by Sarah Redshaw and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-29 with Business & Economics categories.
It has long been accepted that the social and cultural meanings of the car far exceed the practical need for mobility. This book marks the first attempt to contribute to road safety, considering, in depth, these meanings and the cultures of driving that are shaped by them. In the Company of Cars examines the perspectives that young people have on cars, and explores the broader social and cultural meanings of the car, the potential it is supposed to fulfil, and the anticipated benefits it offers to young drivers. From focus-group research conducted in Australia, the book takes up the views of young people on a range of topics, from media to car use to gender performance. The author looks at the ways in which driving has been defined by articulations of the car that emphasize valued features of the car-driver, such as gender, youthfulness, status, age, power, raciness, sexiness, ruggedness and competitiveness. The book takes a global perspective on mobility, considering the impact of cars and road safety policy on quality of life, and the value and significance of other modes of travel, in a range of countries.
Car Culture
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Author : Frances Basham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Car Culture written by Frances Basham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Transportation categories.
The Motor Car And Popular Culture In The Twentieth Century
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Author : David Thoms
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-12-05
The Motor Car And Popular Culture In The Twentieth Century written by David Thoms and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-05 with History categories.
This is a multidisciplinary analysis of the relationship between the motor car and popular culture in the 20th century, which brings together original essays by academics in the UK, North America and Australia. The contributors write from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, including semiotics, social history, literary and film criticism, and musicology. Three main themes are addressed: the car as a cultural image; its impact on leisure and entertainment; and the cultural significance of the processes of manufacturing and selling cars.
Race Taste Class And Cars
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Author : Alam, Yunis
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2020-07-22
Race Taste Class And Cars written by Alam, Yunis and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-22 with Social Science categories.
Love them or hate them, most of us have an opinion about cars. If not the cars themselves, then it’s driver competence and behaviour that can offend us. And then there’s modification: alloy wheels, custom audio systems and bespoke paint jobs. For some, changing the look, feel and sound of a car says something about themselves, but for others, such enhancements signify a lack of taste, or even criminality. In subtle and complex ways, cars transmit and modify our identities behind the wheel. As a symbol of independence and freedom, the car projects status, class, taste and, significantly, embeds racialisation. Using fascinating research from drivers, including first-person accounts as well as exploring hip-hop music and car-related TV shows, Alam unpicks the ways in which identity is rehearsed, enhanced, interpreted.