04088nam 2200685 a 450 991079173440332120230126204306.00-292-74359-910.7560/728721(CKB)2560000000082849(EBL)3443612(SSID)ssj0000688317(PQKBManifestationID)12238834(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000688317(PQKBWorkID)10757975(PQKB)10336536(MiAaPQ)EBC3443612(Au-PeEL)EBL3443612(CaPaEBR)ebr10582911(OCoLC)794672188(DE-B1597)588112(DE-B1597)9780292743595(EXLCZ)99256000000008284920111114d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe cultural life of the automobile[electronic resource] roads to modernity /Guillermo Giucci ; translated by Anne Mayagoitia and Debra Nagao1st University of Texas Press ed.Austin University of Texas Press, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies20121 online resource (273 p.)LLILAS Translations from Latin America seriesTranslated from the Spanish.Originally published in Portugese in 2004 as A vida cultural do automóvel : Percursos da modernidade cinética. Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira. Published in Spanish in 2007 as La vida cultural del automóvil : Rutas de la modernidad cinética. Buenos Aire: Universidad Nacional de Quilmes.0-292-72872-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Henry Ford : from popular inventor to legend -- Fordism and cultural circulation -- The transnational object -- Contradictions of mobility -- Mechanical actors -- Final remarks : kinetic modernity and the automobile.From its invention in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century, the automobile crisscrossed the world, completely took over the cities, and became a feature of daily life. Considered basic to the American lifestyle, the car reflected individualism, pragmatism, comfort, and above all modernity. In Latin America, it served as a symbol of distinction, similar to jewelry or fine clothing. In The Cultural Life of the Automobile, Guillermo Giucci focuses on the automobile as an instrument of social change through its “kinetic modernity” and as an embodiment of the tremendous social impact of technology on cultural life. Material culture—how certain objects generate a wide array of cultural responses—has been the focus of much scholarly discussion in recent years. The automobile wrought major changes and inspired images in language, literature, and popular culture. Focusing primarily on Latin America but also covering the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa, Giucci examines how the automobile was variously adapted by different cultures and how its use shaped and changed social and economic relationships within them. At the same time, he shows how the “automobilization” of society became an essential support for the development of modern individualism, and the automobile its clearest material manifestation.LLILAS Translations from Latin America series.AutomobilesSocial aspectsAutomobilesHistoryAutomobilesSocial aspectsUnited StatesAutomobilesUnited StatesHistoryAutomobilesSocial aspects.AutomobilesHistory.AutomobilesSocial aspectsAutomobilesHistory.388.3/42Giucci Guillermo1954-1446570Mayagoitia Anne1561624Nagao Debra1561625MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791734403321The cultural life of the automobile3828545UNINA