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Driving Women: Fiction and Automobile Culture in Twentieth-Century America
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| Added by: nadella | Karma: 89.46 | Non-Fiction | 28 February 2009 |
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 Over 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 2010Reason: 'spoiler' tags added
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| Tags: driving, women, automobile, culture, extension, surrogate, mother, financial, safeguard |
