Culture on Two Wheels The Bicycle in Literature & Film |
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| Editor:
| Withers, Jeremy
Shea, Daniel P. |
| Foreword by:
| Furness, Zack |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-6972-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2016 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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Analyses the shifting cultural significance of the bicycle by examining its appearances in literary, musical, and cinematic works. Bringing together essays by a variety of cyclists and scholars with myriad angles of approach, this collection highlights the bicycle's flexibility as a signifier and analyses the appearance of bicycles in canonical and well-known texts.
Analyses the shifting cultural significance of the bicycle by examining its appearances in literary, musical, and cinematic works. Bringing together essays by a variety of cyclists and scholars with myriad angles of approach, this collection highlights the bicycle's flexibility as a signifier and analyses the appearance of bicycles in canonical and well-known texts.