As the original American sports car, the Chevrolet Corvette has come to represent power, freedom and sexuality for more than half a century. Yet it also hints at personal identity and style, suggesting how effectively values and meaning are communicated through an object. Using various critical perspectives, this close analysis of this highly recognizable automobile 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.…mehr
As the original American sports car, the Chevrolet Corvette has come to represent power, freedom and sexuality for more than half a century. Yet it also hints at personal identity and style, suggesting how effectively values and meaning are communicated through an object. Using various critical perspectives, this close analysis of this highly recognizable automobile 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.
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I-The Corvette: The Empty, the American, and the Deadly Signi er 1. Automobility 2. The Deadly Signi er 3. The Corvette: A Scholarly Review 4. The Corvette in Literature: Selected Examples Part II-The Image of Potency: The Corvette, Males, and Minorities 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 Between pages 116 and 117 are 8 color plates containing 17 images Part III-Women, Sex, and Identity as Power: The Corvette, Baddest Mother of Them 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 "Resigni ed" Corvette 15. Dreams, Romance, and the "Endless" Corvette Part IV-The Corvette as Art: The Expressive Image 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 Conclusion: The Corvette, Image and Object Works Cited Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I-The Corvette: The Empty, the American, and the Deadly Signi er 1. Automobility 2. The Deadly Signi er 3. The Corvette: A Scholarly Review 4. The Corvette in Literature: Selected Examples Part II-The Image of Potency: The Corvette, Males, and Minorities 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 Between pages 116 and 117 are 8 color plates containing 17 images Part III-Women, Sex, and Identity as Power: The Corvette, Baddest Mother of Them 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 "Resigni ed" Corvette 15. Dreams, Romance, and the "Endless" Corvette Part IV-The Corvette as Art: The Expressive Image 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 Conclusion: The Corvette, Image and Object Works Cited Index
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