Wright Fixin to Git

One Fan's Love Affair with NASCAR's Winston Cup
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8536-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

A sociologist writing for a general audience challenges myths about NASCAR racing, considers the significance of its rise in popularity, and analyzes issues of gender, region, ethnicity, and social class in stock car racing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wright, Jim

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Motorsport

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prelude: On the Road to Charlotte 1

1. Car Culture and the American Dream 17

Daytona Pilgrimage 46

2. Deconstructing NASCAR 57

Back Home Again in Indiana 87

3. Racin' Basics 98

Lost in the Land of Cotton 132

4. The NASCAR Subculture 144

Short-Track Showdown 170

5. The Yankee Invasion 180

Nantahala Interlude 204

6. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 217

Grand Finale in Atlanta 254

7. We Are Family 263

Notes 281

Index 292

Über Autor(innen)

Jim Wright grew up in Indiana watching his father race on quarter-mile dirt tracks in the 1950s. After spending a couple of decades establishing himself as an academic sociologist, he began regularly attending NASCAR races in the 1990s. A sociologist who has taught at Tulane University and currently teaches at the University of Central Florida, Wright has written seventeen books. He lives in Orlando.