Car Crash Cinema
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 191-191
  
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2. Machine Dreams
  
  Harvey Roy Greenberg
  
  Pages 193-197
3. The End of the Road
  
  Mikita Brottman, Christopher Sharrett
  
  Pages 199-213
4. Heart like a Wheel
  
  Tony Williams
  
  Pages 215-224
5. Thanatos ex Machina
  
  David Sterritt
  
  Pages 225-232
6. Signal 30
  
  Mikita Brottman
  
  Pages 233-243
The Death Drive
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 245-245
  
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2. Eleven Dead Caddies and One Dead Punk
  
  Jeff Ferrell
  
  Pages 247-257
3. Violence and Vinyl
  
  Jack Sargeant
  
  Pages 259-265
4. Death as Art/The Car Crash as Statement
  
  Steven Jay Schneider
  
  Pages 267-284
5. Rebel with a Cause
  
  Derek Parker Royal
  
  Pages 285-303
6. Car Crash Crucifixion Culture
  
  Julian Darius
  
  Pages 305-317
7. Crash Culture and American Blood Ritual
  
  Christopher Sharrett
  
  Pages 319-325
8. Traffic of the Spheres
  
  Gregory Ulmer
  
  Pages 327-343
Back Matter

Pages 345-356

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About this book

A morbidly fascinating and articulate collection of essays, this book explores the grim underside of America's cult of the automobile and the disturbing, frequently conspiratorial, speculations that arise whenever the car becomes the cause or the site of human death. Through analysis of fatal celebrity car accidents and other examples of death by automobile, as well as through personal memoir and forensic reports, cultural critics ponder our very human fascination with the car crash. Topics include the roles and experiences of passengers and bystanders, car crash conspiracy theories, the automobile as a site of murder, studies of car crash cinema, and psychological interpretations of the notion of the 'accident.' The book features original essays by such underground icons as Kenneth Anger and Adam Parfrey.

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'Well worth the ride.' - Cercles

'Car Crash Culture is certain to challenge your perception of travel, and will definitely give your next drive a different perspective. Especially if you happen to pass an accident.' - Pansicus Revue

'...[a] delicious anthology...when doesn't a good crushed Ford Pinto make good bedtime reading?' - www.indieWire.com

'A stimulating collection...' - South Atlantic Review

About the authors

MIKITA BROTTMAN has published books on horror films, cult cinema, and the history of cannibalism. She teaches at the Maryland Institute College of Art and writes for a number of alternative and underground publications.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Car Crash Culture
Editors: Mikita Brottman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-09321-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2001
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-312-24038-7Published: 11 March 2002
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-09321-9Published: 30 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XLIII, 356
Topics: Regional and Cultural Studies, Film History, Cultural Studies

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

Car Crash Cinema

Front Matter

The Death Drive