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The Cultural Life of the Automobile: Roads to Modernity

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Description for The Cultural Life of the Automobile: Roads to Modernity Paperback. Illuminating the question of what it means to be a mobile human anywhere in the modern world, this strikingly original work of cultural history examines how changes in consciousness, identity, and expression, both national and individual, resulted from the technological innovation and freedom of access represented by cars Translator(s): Mayagoitia, Anne; Nagao, Debra. Series: LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, 22 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFCD; TRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.

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.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Series
LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292737846
SKU
V9780292737846
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About Guillermo Giucci
Guillermo Giucci is Professor at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Anne Mayagoitia and Debra Nagao are American translators.

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