Race, taste, class and cars

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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, Alam unpicks the ways in which our identity is enhanced and driven.

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Full title :Race, taste, class and cars / Yunis Alam

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Publication Date:2020

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Publisher(s):Policy Press
Place of Publication:Bristol
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9781447353485, 144735348X, 9781447353492, 1447353498
oclc:on1176518076
LC Classification:HE5611
Dewey Decimal:306.4/819

Front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 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 -- Postscript -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back cover