| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 219 pages) : illustrations |
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data file rda |
| Note |
Online resource; title from pdf information screen (Ebsco, viewed April 25, 2014). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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 essays highlight the social and cultural implications of contemporary and historical moments in these events. Topics covered include gender roles in motorsports, hot rods and the creation of fan and participant identities, the appeal of demolition derbies, the globalization of motorsports, moonshine's role in stock car history, the economic relationship between NASCAR and its corporate sponsors, and more. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Motorsports -- United States -- History.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Motorsports. (OCoLC)fst01028198
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Howell, Mark D., editor.
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Miller, John D. (John Douglas), 1974- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Motorsports and American culture. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014] 9781442230965 (DLC) 2013045777 (OCoLC)865536815 |
| Standard No. |
ebr10861583 |
| ISBN |
9781442230972 (electronic bk.) |
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1442230975 (electronic bk.) |
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