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Power under her foot : women enthusiasts of American muscle cars / Chris Lezotte.
LIBRA TL152.3 .L49 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lezotte, Chris, 1949- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muscle cars.
- Women automobile drivers.
- United States.
- Women automobile drivers--United States.
- Muscle cars--Women--United States.
- Women--United States.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 190 pages ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Gathered from the experiences of 88 female auto enthusiasts, this book highlights their admiration and passion for American muscle, and reveals how restoring, showing and driving classic and modern cars provides a means to challenge longstanding perceptions of women drivers and advance ideas of identity and gender equality"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The generations
- Women's roles in muscle car culture
- Making meaning out of the muscle car
- The woman driver and the American muscle car.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781476670164
- 1476670161
- OCLC:
- 1029789566
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