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Author : David Bromige
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9780876857977
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)
Download or read book Men, Women, and Vehicles written by David Bromige and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 1990 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories by David Bromige.
Author : Katherine J. Parkin
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812294394
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Women at the Wheel written by Katherine J. Parkin and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since the Ford Model T became a vehicle for the masses, the automobile has served as a symbol of masculinity. The freedom of the open road, the muscle car's horsepower, the technical know-how for tinkering: all of these experiences have largely been understood from the perspective of the male driver. Women, in contrast, were relegated to the passenger seat and have been the target of stereotypes that portray them as uninterested in automobiles and, more perniciously, as poor drivers. In Women at the Wheel, Katherine J. Parkin illuminates the social implications of these stereotypes and shows how they have little basis in historical reality. With chapters on early driver's education and licensing programs, and on buying, driving, and caring for cars, she describes a rich cast of characters, from Mary Landon, the first woman ever to drive in 1899, to Dorothy Levitt, author of the first automotive handbook for women in 1909, to Margie Seals, who opened her garage, "My Favorite Mechanic . . . Is a Woman," in 1992. Although women drove and had responsibility for their family's car maintenance, twentieth-century popular culture was replete with humorous comments and judgmental critiques that effectively denied women pride in their driving abilities and car-related expertise. Parkin contends that, despite women's long history with cars, these stereotypes persist.
Author : Virginia Scharff
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826313959
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (139 download)
Download or read book Taking the Wheel written by Virginia Scharff and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though millions of women drive regularly, the image of the flighty "woman driver" continues to stigmatize their abilities. Scharff travels back in time to explore how the first automobiles collided with cultural and sexual notions of feminine nature and how women have influenced the car industry as a whole.
Author : Nancy A. Nichols
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1639365605
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (393 download)
Download or read book Women Behind the Wheel written by Nancy A. Nichols and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the adolescent thrill of getting a driver's license to the dreaded commutes of adulthood, from vintage muscle cars to electric vehicles, this groundbreaking book reveals the outsized impact the car has had—and will continue to have—on the lives of women. Since their inception cars have defined American culture, but until quite recently car histories were largely written by and about men—with little attention given to the fascinating story of women and cars. In this engaging non-fiction narrative, Nancy A. Nichols, the daughter of a used car salesman, uses the cars her father sold and the ones her family drove to tell a larger story about how the car helped to define modern womanhood. From her sister’s classic Mustang to her mother’s Chevy Convertible to her own Honda minivan, Nichols tells a personal story in order to shed light on a universal one. Cars helped women secure the right to vote, changed the nature of romance, and influenced both fashion and child rearing customs. In the just over 100 years since their inception, cars have created possibilities for commerce and romance even as they exposed women to new kinds of danger. Women Behind the Wheel explores the uniquely gendered landscape of the automobile, detailing the many reasons why cars are both more expensive and more dangerous for women drivers. The automobile is on the cusp of momentous change. As we advance into the era of electric, connected, and autonomous vehicles, Nichols shows us why we should hit the brakes and look back in the rear-view mirror at this long and fascinating history. What is the role of the car in our lives? Should we be more skeptical of technology in our society? In Women Behind the Wheel, Nichols argues convincingly that only by understanding the many ways the car has changed us, can we hope to prepare ourselves for this brave new era.
Author : Dorothy Levitt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Woman and the Car written by Dorothy Levitt and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Caroline Criado Perez
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683353145
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)
Download or read book Invisible Women written by Caroline Criado Perez and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 International Bestseller Winner of the 2019 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award Winner of the 2019 Royal Society Science Book Prize A landmark, prize-winning, international bestselling examination of how a gender gap in data perpetuates bias and disadvantages women, now in paperback Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development to health care to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions. But because so much data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are baked into our systems. And women pay tremendous costs for this insidious bias, in time, in money, and often with their lives. Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates this shocking root cause of gender inequality in the award-winning, #1 international bestseller Invisible Women. Examining the home, the workplace, the public square, the doctor’s office, and more, Criado Perez unearths a dangerous pattern in data and its consequences on women’s lives. Product designers use a “one-size-fits-all” approach to everything from pianos to cell phones to voice recognition software, when in fact this approach is designed to fit men. Cities prioritize men’s needs when designing public transportation, roads, and even snow removal, neglecting to consider women’s safety or unique responsibilities and travel patterns. And in medical research, women have largely been excluded from studies and textbooks, leaving them chronically misunderstood, mistreated, and misdiagnosed. Built on hundreds of studies in the United States, in the United Kingdom, and around the world, and written with energy, wit, and sparkling intelligence, this is a groundbreaking, highly readable exposé that will change the way you look at the world.
Author : Martin Wachs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book Men, Women, and Wheels written by Martin Wachs and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : M. Tibbets
Publisher : 1st Book Library
ISBN 13 : 9781414016054
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (16 download)
Download or read book A Practical Man's Guide-how To written by M. Tibbets and published by 1st Book Library. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a guide, similar to a car maintenance manual, on how to keep the woman in your life pleased, and your relationship running smoothly. No matter the make or model, or the length of time you drive a car, it will always need some basic regular maintenance to perform well. No matter if you and your woman are dating each other exclusively, have moved in together, or have married, the basic concepts included here should help in every stage of being together. It will help to answer the universal male cry, "What do women want?!?" And it should apply to most women. There are always some cars that are higher maintenance than others.
Author : David Bromige
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780876857984
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)
Download or read book Men, Women and Vehicles written by David Bromige and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Deborah Clarke
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801891795
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Driving Women written by Deborah Clarke and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2007-04-15 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the years, cars have helped to define the experiences and self-perceptions of women in complex and sometimes unexpected ways. When women take the wheel, family structure and public space are reconfigured and re-gendered, creating a context for a literary tradition in which the car has served as a substitute for, an escape from, and an extension of the home, as well as a surrogate mother, a financial safeguard, and a means of self-expression. Driving Women examines the intersection of American fiction—primarily but not exclusively by women—and automobile culture. Deborah Clarke argues that issues critical to twentieth-century American society—technology, mobility, domesticity, and agency—are repeatedly articulated through women's relationships with cars. Women writers took surprisingly intense interest in car culture and its import for modern life, as the car, replete with material and symbolic meaning, recast literal and literary female power in the automotive age. Clarke draws on a wide range of literary works, both canonical and popular, to document women's fascination with cars from many perspectives: historical, psychological, economic, ethnic. Authors discussed include Wharton, Stein, Faulkner, O’Connor, Morrison, Erdrich, Mason, Kingsolver, Lopez, Kadohata, Smiley, Senna, Viramontes, Allison, and Silko. By investigating how cars can function as female space, reflect female identity, and reshape female agency, this engaging study opens up new angles from which to approach fiction by and about women and traces new directions in the intersection of literature, technology, and gender.
Author : Jamie Little
Publisher : Seal Press
ISBN 13 : 1580054498
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Essential Car Care for Women written by Jamie Little and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the many advances women have made since the internal combustion engine was invented, there is still one widely held belief that won’t seem to go away: that when it comes to cars, women should just leave it to the men. In Essential Car Care for Women, ESPN NASCAR pit reporter Jamie Little and Discovery Channel "Turbo Expert” Danielle McCormick team up to dispel this myth once and for all—and to offer the indispensable, hard-won advice women need to buy, sell, and care for their cars with confidence. With this handy guide, women will learn how to save themselves money by performing basic—but essential—maintenance tasks on their own. Little and McCormick explain what an alternator, regulator, distributor, and timing belt are; how to change a tire, recharge a flat battery, check the oil, and assess tire pressure; what to do when a car breaks down or when an accident occurs; how to buy a car without being taken advantage of; and more. Straightforward and easy to follow—and including simple step-by-step diagrams and pictures to help along the way—Essential Car Care for Women is the ultimate handbook to everything a woman should know about her set of wheels.
Author : Lesley Hazleton
Publisher : Main Street Books
ISBN 13 : 9780385476218
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (762 download)
Download or read book Everything Women Always Wanted to Know about Cars written by Lesley Hazleton and published by Main Street Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I remember everything about the day I bought my first car. The pride, the awe at the financial responsibility, the way I stroked the paintwork...I loved that car with an intensity that still persists, years later. And even after all the fancy cars I've driven since then, if you gave me half a chance -- if they still made that car -- I'd buy it again." Lesley Hazleton remembers that day so clearly because while men take for granted the independence that cars bring, women do not. For women, a car means freedom. It means control over their own lives. It means, really, far more to women than it does for most men. Yet for years, automakers didn't consider women when they designed cars. As far as they were concerned, women were in the bleachers and men were in the grandstands. Not anymore. Lesley Hazleton talked to 150 women all over America to find out what they really thought about cars. What she discovered will make you laugh and it will make you think. This book is as much about the romance of owning a car (and romance inside a car) as it is about antilock brakes and air bags. More than a car manual (though it's filled with how-to advice on taking care of your car), it will enable you to negotiate for the best deal, teach you how to test-drive, help you decide whether to buy or lease, explain safety features and security issues, and guide you to know your car as much as you love it. With lively anecdotes, charts, and illustrations, Everything Women Always Wanted to Know About Cars, But Didn't Know Who to Ask is revealing, insightful, and extremely informative.
Author : Helene M. Lawson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1461638577
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)
Download or read book Ladies on the Lot written by Helene M. Lawson and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2000-05-30 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this unique and lively ethnography of women who sell cars, sociologist Helene M. Lawson and the “ladies on the lot” take readers behind the scenes of one of the last bastions of a predominantly male workplace: the car dealership. Linking the women’s own stories within the broader framework of gender and occupation, Lawson presents an engaging and important case study on the impact of gender differences and behavior in the workplace. In doing so, Ladies on the Lot makes an original contribution to the field and will be of interest for a wide variety of courses, including gender and occupations, the sociology of work, the sociology of women, and various courses in women’s studies and qualitative methods.
Author : Margot Paul
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780949605702
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Women, Men Cars and Driving written by Margot Paul and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Libby Edelman
Publisher : powerHouse Books
ISBN 13 : 9781576879177
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (791 download)
Download or read book Lovin' My Car written by Libby Edelman and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grease monkeys, gear heads, collectors, hobbyists, and speed freaks, to name just a few of the car and truck lovers out there all share a passion for their beloved motor vehicles. There are endless reasons to love the thrill of the road, the horsepower, and freedom that comes with it all; but who says women can't be just as fanatical as men? Fashion director, author, and photographer, Libby Edelman unveils intimate portraits of a community of women from all walks of life who share an automotive love. Some cars are fancy, others quirky, and most are everyday cars, but all have proud women owners who share personal stories of what their cars and trucks mean to them in,Lovin' My Car; Women in the Driver's Seat. First inspired by her husband, Sam, and son, Jesse, and their endless banter about new makes and models, the finer details of engines and their sizes, the know-how and questions about maintenance and repair, Libby found herself fascinated by men's obsession with cars-and wondered if women were equally obsessed? Libby soon discovered female automotive enthusiastseverywhere-including one woman who loved her car so much that her family buried her in it! With their collective passion in mind, Libby hit the road, traveling across the country to meet and speak with women about their love for cars and trucks. Over the course of her 20-year journey, Libby learned there are endless reasons why women love their cars-the horsepower, the thrill of the road, and the freedom that comes with it. From discovering one's self to rediscovering a favorite song, this book shares unique stories of women and their relationships with their cars, with a compelling and unique perspective, captured by Libby and her lens.
Author : Alam, Yunis
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 144735348X
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)
Download or read book Race, Taste, Class and Cars written by Alam, Yunis and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2020-07-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, Alam unpicks the ways in which our identity is enhanced and driven.
Author : Nancy J. Chodorow
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136719466
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book Individualizing Gender and Sexuality written by Nancy J. Chodorow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy Chodorow, in her groundbreaking book The Reproduction of Mothering, quite simply changed the conversation in at least three areas of study: psychoanalysis, women's studies, and sociology. In her latest book, Individualizing Gender and Sexuality, she examines the complexity and uniqueness of each person's personal creation of sexuality and gender and the ways that these interrelate with other aspects of psychic and cultural life. She brings her well-known theoretical agility, wide-ranging interdisciplinarity, and clinical experience to every chapter, advocating for the clinician's openness, curiosity, and theoretical pluralism. The book begins with reflections on Freud's Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality, followed by considerations of Melanie Klein and Stephen Mitchell, as well as on her own work and on the postmodern turn in psychoanalytic gender theory. Subsequent chapters address contemporary clinical-cultural issues such as women and work, women and motherhood, and men and violence. Concluding chapters elaborate on the multiple ingredients and the personal affective, conflictual, and defensive constellations and processes that create sexuality and gender in each individual. Ending with a chapter on homosexualities as compromise formations, Chodorow deepens her account of clinical individuality and sex-gender transference-countertransference while bringing her readers back to Freud and to the many strands that followed, as she consolidates a consistent line of interest in sexuality and gender, theory and practice, sustained over a lifetime.
