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Author Best, Amy L., 1970-

Title Fast cars, cool rides : the accelerating world of youth and their cars / Amy L. Best
Published New York : New York University Press, [2006]
©2006

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 MELB  305.23509794 Bes/Fcc  AVAILABLE
Description x, 257 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Introduction : fasten your seatbelts -- I : Cool rides -- Cruising slow and low : young Chicano/as ride the streets -- Sex-in' the car : girls and car cruising -- Race-ing men : boys, risk and the politics of race -- II : Fast times -- Car privileges : family rules and permission to drive -- The road to nowhere : consumer culture and the price of freedom -- Conclusion : the ride of your life
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-245) and index
Subject Automobiles -- Social aspects -- California -- San Jose.
Subculture -- California -- San Jose.
Youth -- California -- San Jose.
LC no. 2005019161
ISBN 0814799302 (cloth : alk. paper)
0814799310 (paperback: alk. paper)