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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777750803321

Autore

Best Amy L

Titolo

Fast Cars, Cool Rides [[electronic resource] ] : The Accelerating World of Youth and Their Cars

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : NYU Press, 2005

ISBN

0-8147-2310-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Disciplina

305.235/09794/09045

Soggetti

Youth - Social aspects - San Jose - California

Automobiles - San Jose - California

Subculture - California - San Jose

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Fasten Your Seatbelts; I Cool Rides; 1 Cruising Slow and Low: Young Chicanos/as Ride the Streets; 2 Sex-in' the Car: Girls and Car Cruising; 3 Race-ing Men: Boys, Risk, and the Politics of Race; II Fast Times; 4 Car Privileges: Family Rules and Permission to Drive; 5 The Road to Nowhere: Consumer Culture and the Price of Freedom; Conclusion: The Ride of Your Life; Appendix; Notes; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

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. In Fast Cars, Cool Rides Amy Best