Research Catalog

Title

The Corvette in literature and culture : symbolic dimensions of America's sports car / Jerry W. Passon.

Author

Passon, Jerry W., 1955-

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2011.

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Description

viii, 246 p. : ill. (some col.); 23 cm.

Summary

"Using various critical perspectives, this close analysis of this highly recognizable Chevrolet Corvette finds diverse aspects of American culture revealed. Topics covered include the Corvette in literature; its ties to masculine identity, including homosexuality, as well as female sexuality; and the Corvette as artistic object, among others"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• Corvette automobile
• Automobiles in literature
• Popular culture > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-234) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1.Automobility -- 2.The Deadly Signifier -- 3.The Corvette: A Scholarly Review -- 4.The Corvette in Literature: Selected Examples -- 5.The Masculine Object -- 6.Automobility, White Masculinity, and Patriarchy -- 7.The Corvette and the Media -- 8.The Sting Ray, the Space Race, and Masculine Technology -- 9.The Corvette and Black Masculinity -- 10.Gay Masculinity, Automobility, and "Other" Identities -- 11.The Gendered Object -- 12.The "Female" Corvette and the Struggle for Freedom and Identity -- 13.The Female Gaze and New Identities -- 14.Empowered Women and the "Resignified" Corvette -- 15.Dreams, Romance, and the "Endless" Corvette -- 16.Images with Power -- 17.The Corvette as Concept: The Automobile as "Art" -- 18.The Corvette Image in Advertising and Media: Beyond Route 66 -- 19.The Art of Design: The Fashionable Corvette -- 20.The Corvette as Art: Examples and Theories.

ISBN

• 9780786462841 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 0786462841 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2011007775

OCLC

• 664656902
• SCSB-12902001

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library