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

• Autore: Best Amy L
• Pubblicazione: New York, : NYU Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.235/09794/09045
• Soggetto topico: Youth - Social aspects - San Jose - California; Automobiles - San Jose - California; Subculture - California - San Jose
• Soggetto non controllato: account; culture; fascinating; kids
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Fast Cars, Cool Rides
• ISBN: 0-8147-2310-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777750803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II