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Fast Cars, Cool Rides : the Accelerating World of Youth and Their Cars.

Bass booms from custom speakers, pick-up trucks boast lowered suspensions, chrome rims reflect stoplights, and bare arms dangle from open windows. Welcome to Santa Clara Street in San Jose, California, where every weekend kids come to cruise late at night, riding their cars slow and low. On the surr...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Best, Amy L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: Fasten Your Seatbelts; I Cool Rides; 1 Cruising Slow and Low: Young Chicanos/as Ride the Streets; 2 Sex-in' the Car: Girls and Car Cruising; 3 Race-ing Men: Boys, Risk, and the Politics of Race; II Fast Times; 4 Car Privileges: Family Rules and Permission to Drive; 5 The Road to Nowhere: Consumer Culture and the Price of Freedom; Conclusion: The Ride of Your Life; Appendix; Notes; References; Index; About the Author.