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Motorsports and American culture : from demolition derbies to NASCAR /
This collection of essays examines the relevancy of motorsports to American culture and history, from the late nineteenth century to the present. Addressing a wide spectrum of motorsports-such as stock car racing, demolition derbies, land speed record pursuits, and even staged train wrecks-the essay...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman and Littlefield,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page
- Introduction
- Speed and Spectators: What Motorsports Means to Fans
- The NASCAR Paradox
- Automobile Racing and the American Hot Rod
- Speed and Destruction at the Fair
- The Track and Beyond: Motorsports and Community Identity
- Creative Destruction: The Demolition Derby
- "What Is Your Racket, Brother?": Bootleggers, Respectable Atlanta, Bill France, and the Birth of NASCAR
- "Running with the Big Dogs": The Rhetoric of Fan Identity in a Postmodern NASCAR
- Fenders and Genders: Motorsports, Femininity, and Masculinity
- Just a Good Ol' Gal: Pioneer Racer Louise Smith
- "Anything but a Novelty": Women, Girls, and Friday Night Drag Racing
- "Way Tight" or "Wicked Loose"?: Reading NASCAR's Masculinities
- Stars of the Road: Spectacular Drivers and Spectacular Feats
- The Spectacle of NASCAR: Rationalized and Enchanted by Sponsors
- Barney Oldfield: Daredevil Demon of Speed and the First Multimedia Superstar
- The Fastest Cars in the World
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Editors and Contributors.