In subtle and complex ways, cars transmit and modify our identities behind the wheel. As a symbol of independence and freedom, the car projects status, class, taste and, significantly, embeds racialisation. Using fascinating research from drivers, including first-person accounts, Alam unpicks the ways in which our identity is enhanced and driven.
Yunis Alam is a sociologist, working at the University of Bradford. His research interests span ethnic relations, popular culture, ethnography and postcolonial literatures. He has also published a number of novels and short stories.
Title: Race, Taste, Class and Cars: Culture, Meaning and Identity (21st Century Standpoints)
Author: Alam, Yunis
ISBN: 9781447353478
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Publisher: Policy Press
Publication Date: 2020-07-01
Number of Pages: 184
Weight: 0.2701 kg