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Fixin' to git : a fan's love affair with Nascar's Winston Cup / Jim Wright.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Jim, 1947-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- NASCAR (Association).
- Winston Cup.
- Stock car racing--United States.
- Stock car racing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (317 p.)
- Other Title:
- Fan's love affair with Nascar's Winston Cup
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Prelude: On the Road to Charlotte
- 1. Car Culture and the American Dream
- Daytona Pilgrimage
- 2. Deconstructing NASCAR
- Back Home Again in Indiana
- 3. Racin' Basics
- Lost in the Land of Cotton
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-92108-8
- 9786612921087
- 0-8223-8536-8
- OCLC:
- 841913635
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