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...
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
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