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Culture on Two Wheels: The Bicycle in Literature and Film

Culture on Two Wheels: The Bicycle in Literature and Film

Withers, Jeremy
Shea, Daniel P.
Furness, Zack

Hardcover

Literary CriticismFilm Studies

ISBN10: 0803269722
ISBN13: 9780803269729
Publisher: Univ Of Nebraska Pr
Published: Jul 1 2016
Pages: 366
Weight: 1.51
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Bicycles have more cultural identities than many realize, functioning not only as literal vehicles in a text but also as vehicles for that text's themes, ideas, and critiques. In the late nineteenth century the bicycle was seen as a way for the wealthy urban elite to reconnect with nature and for women to gain a measure of personal freedom, while during World War II it became a utilitarian tool of the French Resistance and in 1970s China stood for wealth and modernization. Lately it has functioned variously as the favored ideological steed of environmentalists, a means of community bonding and aesthetic self-expression in hip hop, and the ride of choice for bike messenger-idolizing urban hipsters. Culture on Two Wheels analyzes the shifting cultural significance of the bicycle by examining its appearances in literary, musical, and cinematic works spanning three continents and more than 125 years of history.


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