TY - BOOK ID - 85702001 TI - Race, taste, class and cars PY - 2020 SN - 144735348X 1447353498 1447353471 9781447353478 PB - Bristol : Policy Press, DB - UniCat KW - Automobiles KW - Social history KW - Transportation, Automotive KW - Social aspects. KW - Social aspects KW - Customizing. KW - Customizing of automobiles KW - Bodies KW - Design and construction KW - Ethnicite. KW - Consommateurs KW - Autos (Automobiles) KW - Cars (Automobiles) KW - Gasoline automobiles KW - Motorcars (Automobiles) KW - Motor vehicles KW - Attitude (psychologie) KW - Aspect social. KW - Automobiles - Social aspects KW - Automobiles - Customizing KW - Culture. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85702001 AB - Love them or hate them, most of us have an opinion about cars. If not the cars themselves, then it's driver competence and behaviour that can offend us. And then there's modification: alloy wheels, custom audio systems and bespoke paint jobs. For some, changing the look, feel and sound of a car says something about themselves, but for others, such enhancements signify a lack of taste, or even criminality. In subtle and complex ways, cars transmit and modify our identities behind the wheel. As a symbol of independence and freedom, the car projects status, class, taste and, significantly, embeds racialisation. Using fascinating research from drivers, including first-person accounts as well as exploring hip-hop music and car-related TV shows, Alam unpicks the ways in which identity is rehearsed, enhanced, interpreted. ER -