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Titre(s) : Hit the road, Jack [Texte imprimé] : essays on the culture of the American road / edited by Gordon E. Slethaug, Stacilee Ford

Publication : Montreal : McGill-Queen's university press, c2012

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VIII-329 p.) ; 24 cm

Comprend : Mapping the trope : a historical and cultural journey / Gordon E. Slethaug ; Politics, people moving, and the American myth of the road / Max J. Skidmore ; The road in American vernacular music / Susan Kuyper ; "So that we as a race might have something authentic to travel by" : African-American automobility and Cold-War liberalism / Cotten Seiler ; Witnesses, wanderers, and writers : women on the "beat" road / Eleanor Elson Heginbotham ; Assassin in a three-piece suit : Slow fire, minimalism, and the eighties / Paul Attinello ; Complicating The simple life : reality television and the road / Stacilee Ford ; Postmodern masculinities in recent buddy and solo road films / Gordon E. Slethaug ; Transamerica : queer cinema in the middle of the road / Gina Marchetti ; Fools on the American road : "Gimpel the fool," The Frisco kid, and Forrest Gump / Wendy Zierler ; Generically mobile : the projection of protocol from the road movie to virtual reality and video games / Michael Truscello.

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-309) and index
"All travelers know the seductive power of the open road and its suggestions of possibility, escape, renewal, and reinvention. Hit the Road, Jack is an interdisciplinary exploration of the significance of the road as reality and metaphor. Engaging with varied cultural mediums such as literature, reality television, philosophy, and political rhetoric, this collection delves deeply into the symbolic implications of the road. Insightful and accessible essays draw upon both classic "road" texts and films, while investigating themes of individual and national freedom, independence and mobility, and destiny. Referencing postmodern theory, gender and queer studies, as well as personal reminiscence and narrative research, Hit the Road, Jack considers the impact that identity - particularly race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation - has on the way various journeys are taken. While literary depictions of the road have a long history, scholarship about the phenomenon is sparse. This anthology makes a significant contribution to the study of the road, bringing to light aspects of its iconic status in American culture."--publisher

Autre(s) auteur(s) : Slethaug, Gordon E. (1940-....). Éditeur scientifique Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur
Ford, Stacilee. Éditeur scientifique Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Sujet(s) : Migrations intérieures -- Société -- États-Unis Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Road movies -- États-Unis Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Récits de voyages américains Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet