
Race, Taste, Class and Cars
Culture, Meaning and Identity
Yunis Alam(Author)
Policy Press
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-1-4473-5347-8 (ISBN)
Description
In subtle and complex ways, cars transmit and modify our identities behind the wheel. As a symbol of independence and freedom, the car projects status, class, taste and, significantly, embeds racialisation. Using fascinating research from drivers, including first-person accounts, Alam unpicks the ways in which our identity is enhanced and driven.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
18 s/w Abbildungen
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
339 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-5347-8 (9781447353478)
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Person
Yunis Alam is a sociologist, working at the University of Bradford. His research interests span ethnic relations, popular culture, ethnography and postcolonial literatures. He has also published a number of novels and short stories.
Content
one Introduction;
two Researching Bradford: putting the 'auto' into ethnography;
three Communicating cars: television, popular music and everyday life;
four Consuming cars: class, ethnicity and taste;
five Car work: production, consumption and modification;
six Social psychology, cars and multi-ethnic spaces;
seven Fun-loving criminal: speed, danger and race;
eight Conclusion.
two Researching Bradford: putting the 'auto' into ethnography;
three Communicating cars: television, popular music and everyday life;
four Consuming cars: class, ethnicity and taste;
five Car work: production, consumption and modification;
six Social psychology, cars and multi-ethnic spaces;
seven Fun-loving criminal: speed, danger and race;
eight Conclusion.