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Author Lumsden, Karen.

Title Boy racer culture [electronic resource] : youth, masculinity and deviance / Karen Lumsden.

Imprint Abingdon [England] : Routledge, 2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 197 p.
Series Routledge advances in ethnography ; 12
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: rebels of the road -- Car cultures and deviance -- Setting the scene : the history of aberdeen's boy racers -- Fuelling the panic : societal concern and media images of the boy racer -- The politics of the road : policing, governing and educating the boy racer -- "We're not boy racers but they are" : the stickiness of labels -- Rites of the road : "modding", subcultural media and public performances -- Gendered interactions in the boy racer culture -- Conclusion: contested realities.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Teenage automobile drivers -- Scotland -- Aberdeen.
Masculinity -- Scotland -- Aberdeen.
Automobiles -- Social aspects -- Scotland -- Aberdeen.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780415813853 (pbk.)
9781843929857
9780203083314 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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