The Devil's Wheels: Men and Motorcycling in the Weimar Republic (Explorations in Mobility, Band 2) - Softcover

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Disko, Sasha

 
9781789205237: The Devil's Wheels: Men and Motorcycling in the Weimar Republic (Explorations in Mobility, Band 2)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1789205239 ISBN 13: 9781789205237
Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

During the high days of modernization fever, among the many disorienting changes Germans experienced in the Weimar Republic was an unprecedented mingling of consumption and identity: increasingly, what one bought signaled who one was. Exemplary of this volatile dynamic was the era's burgeoning motorcycle culture. With automobiles largely a luxury of the upper classes, motorcycles complexly symbolized masculinity and freedom, embodying a widespread desire to embrace progress as well as profound anxieties over the course of social transformation. Through its richly textured account of the motorcycle as both icon and commodity, The Devil's Wheels teases out the intricacies of gender and class in the Weimar years.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Sasha Disko is a historian and independent scholar. She received her PhD in History from New York University, and she has been associated with the Center for Metropolitan Studies, Berlin, since 2008. Her research interests include motorization, industrialization, and leisure.

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Verlag
Berghahn Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1789205239
ISBN 13 
9781789205237
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
376
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