Driving Women: Fiction and Automobile Culture in Twentieth-Century America
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Over the years, cars have helped to define the experiences and self-perceptions of women in complex and sometimes unexpected ways. When women take the wheel, family structure and public space are reconfigured and re-gendered, creating a context for a literary tradition in which the car has served as a substitute for, an escape from, and an extension of the home, as well as a surrogate mother, a financial safeguard, and a means of self-expression. ...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801885507
ISBN13:9780801885501
Release Date:April 2007
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:226 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"
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