Fast Cars, Cool Rides: The Accelerating World of Youth and Their CarsNYU Press, 2006 - 257 páginas Bass booms from custom speakers, pick-up trucks boast lowered suspensions, chrome rims reflect stoplights, and bare arms dangle from open windows. Welcome to Santa Clara Street in San Jose, California, where every weekend kids come to cruise late at night, riding their cars slow and low. On the surrounding, less-traveled streets you can also find young men racing customized cars to see who has the "go," not just the "show." And, in the daylight hours, in a nearby suburb, you might find a brand new SUV parked in the driveway, a parents' Sweet 16 present. |
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... increasingly live in one community and work in another further compounds our dependence on cars. A commute of sixty miles or more each day is not in the least extraordinary in northern California's Silicon Valley or in many other cities ...
... increasingly popular activity among young men. These settings are often central to youth culture, serving as spaces where race, class, and gender identities materialize as kids negotiate the symbolic boundaries of place. At the same ...
... increasingly marginalized and disenfranchised, struggle to exercise influence over the worlds they occupy in other ways. For some, policies that restrict young people's access to public space have inspired grass-root efforts to effect ...
... increasingly seen as a worthwhile market segment in the luxury car market; 1.5 million teens own what are called “nearluxury cars” (those priced between $28,000 and $35,000).41 In the past few years, Lexus, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz have ...
... “culture” has been loosely defined in terms of shared meanings and common practices. Culture was often thought to exist in connection to place and space, emerging out of specific locales. But, in an increasingly Introduction | 13.
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2 | 56 |
3 | 80 |
Car Privileges | 109 |
The Road to Nowhere | 135 |
Conclusion | 159 |
Appendix | 173 |
Notes | 191 |
References | 231 |
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