The Gendered Motorcycle: Representations in Society, Media and Popular Culture

The Gendered Motorcycle: Representations in Society, Media and Popular Culture

Esperanza Miyake
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Author:  Esperanza Miyake
Condition:  New
Format:  Hardback
Pages:  288
Publisher:  Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year:  2018
ISBN:  9781788313544

What happens to gender at 120mph? Are Harley-Davidsons more masculine than Yamahas? The Gendered Motorcycle answers such questions through a critical examination of motorcycles in film, advertising and television. Whilst bikers and biker cultures have been explored previously, the motorcycle itself has remained largely under-theorised, especially in relation to gender. Esperanza Miyake reveals how representations of motorcycles can produce different gendered bodies, identities, spaces and practices. This interdisciplinary book offers new and critical ways to think about gender and motorcycles, and will interest scholars and students of gender, technology and visual cultures, as well as motorcycle industry practitioners and motorcycle enthusiasts.

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