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Driving Women: Fiction and Automobile Culture in Twentieth-Century America
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Driving Women: Fiction and Automobile Culture in Twentieth-Century AmericaOver the years, cars have helped to define the experiences and self-perceptions of women in complex and sometimes unexpected ways. When women take the wheel, family structure and public space are reconfigured and re-gendered, creating a context for a literary tradition in which the car has served as a substitute for, an escape from, and an extension of the home, as well as a surrogate mother, a financial safeguard, and a means of self-expression.

Edited by: ENGLISHTIPS_admin - 21 December 2010
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Tags: driving, women, automobile, culture, extension, surrogate, mother, financial, safeguard