Speed Handbook Velocity, Pleasure, Modernism

Name: Speed Handbook Velocity, Pleasure, Modernism
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ISBN: 9780822344421

ISBN-10: 0822344424

ISBN-13: 9780822344421

Edition: 2009 (Handbook (Instructor's))

Authors: Enda Duffy

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Speed, the sensation one gets when driving fast, was described by Aldous Huxley as the single new pleasure invented by modernity.The Speed Handbookis a virtuoso exploration of Huxley's claim. Enda Duffy shows how the experience of speed has always been political and how it has affected nearly all aspects of modern culture. Primarily a result of the mass-produced automobile, the experience of speed became the quintessential way for individuals to experience modernity, the way for them to feel modernity in their bones. Duffy illuminates speed as a logic and genuine pleasure of modernity. He plunges full-throttle into speed's "adrenaline aesthetics," offering deft readings of works ranging…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 7/20/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction: The Adrenaline Aesthetic: Speed as Culture



Speed Theory



Thriller: The Incitement to Speed



Gaining Speed: Car Culture, Adrenaline, and the Experience of Speed



Blur: Rapid Eye Movement and the Visuality of Speed



Crash Culture


Epilogue: Overdrive


Notes


Bibliography


Index