[2002]Autopia: CARS AND CULTURE, Wollen and Kerr, Reaktion Books Ltd.

Autopia: Cars and Culture, edited by Wollen, P. and Kerr, J., Published by Reaktion Books, 2002,
ISBN: 1861891326 / 9781861891327. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall ( 21 x 25cm) 400 pages ,

Engelse tekst, trade paperback , illustrated in b&w and colour.

Autopia is the first book to explore the culture of the motor car in the widest possible sense. Featuring newly commissioned essays by writers, critics, historians, artists and film-makers, as well as reprinting key texts,

it examines the effect of the car throughout the world, including the USA, Western and Eastern Europe, Japan, China, Cuba, India and South Africa

Introduction: Cars and Culture - P. Wollen, Thematic Introductions -J. Kerr.

CARS AND CAPITAL/ Trouble in Motor City - J. Kerr/ Some Thoughts on Car Culture in Japan - D. Richie/ Technik - D. Leach/ Riding the Survivors of the Soviet Union - M.R. Leaman/ Our Cars in Havana - V. Narotzky/ Engines of Revolution: Car Cultures in China - G.R. Barmé/ The Lada: A Cultural Icon - P. Hamilton/ Automobile Metempsychoses in the Land of Dracula - A. Otoiu / The Ambassador from India - Z. Sardar/ Dangerous but Irrepressible: Cars and Driving in Post-Apartheid South Africa - C. Addison/ Automonster - C. Pinney.

MYTHS AND MOTORS/ The Birth of the Automobile - I. Ehrenburg/ The New Citroën - R. Barthes/ Sexual Ambiguity and Automotive Engineering - P. Keiller/ America's Love Affair with the Automobile in the Television Age - K.A. Marling/ Men, Motors, Markets and Women - G. Lees-Maffei/ The Downfall of the Dymaxion Car - M. Pawley.

References, Bibliography, Contributors, Acknowledgements, Photographic Acknowledgements,
Index.

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Verpak-&Verzendkosten in NL 7,50