Fast cars, cool rides
Subtitle: the accelerating world of youth and their cars
By: Amy L. Best.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780814799307; 9780814799314
Subjects: Youth -- California -- San Jose; Automobiles -- Social aspects -- California -- San Jose; Subculture -- California -- San Jose
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : fasten your seatbelts; title: Cruising slow and low : young Chicano/as ride the streets; title: Sex-in' the car : girls and car cruising; title: Race-ing men : boys, risk and the politics of race; title: Car privileges : family rules and permission to drive; title: The road to nowhere : consumer culture and the price of freedom; title: Conclusion : the ride of your life.