fiction and automobile culture in twentieth-century America
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Clarke, Deborah
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- VS 4 2007
- Thesaurus
- auto- en motorsport, romans, identiteit, technologie, woonomgeving, reizen, familierelaties, etniciteit, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw
- Description
- Clarke argues that issues critical to twentieth-century American society, such as technology, mobility, domesticity, and agency, are repeatedly articulated through women's relationships with cars. When women take the wheel, family structure and public spaces are reconfigured and regendered. She describes women's fascination with cars from different perspectives: historical, psychological, economic, ethnic. Authors discussed include: Wharton, Stein, Faulkner, O'Connor, Morrison, Erdrich, Mason, Kingsolver, Lopez, Kadohata, Smiley, Senna, Viramontes, Allison and Silko.