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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... played a significant role in this project. The classroom served as an exhilarating intellectual space for me to share ideas as I moved through this project. A number of my students, most from Silicon Valley, provided valuable ...
... played out in and around cars. Rows of cars consume the street. Sounds wash over me: the screech of tires peeling out after a red light, the rev of a heavily powered engine, the voice of Eminem traveling from some unidentified car ...
... play. This is not to mention the incalculable hours kids spend as passengers in the car in carpools or running daily errands with a parent. We are a car-dependent people, even if we hate to admit it. As Americans, we reject the idea of ...
... play an everexpanding role in the lives of youth, organizing their social spaces and social activities, as they forcefully attach themselves to signs that already register as repositories for youth culture and style.42 Volkswagen joined ...
... player) to VW Beetle buyers.44 Volkswagen is not the only automaker to build market alliances with corporations that aren't in the business of selling cars. Toyota forged a three-year deal with Vivendi's Universal Studios, enabling ...
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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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Fast Cars, Cool Rides: The Accelerating World of Youth and Their Cars Amy L. Best Sin vista previa disponible - 2006 |