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  1. The speed handbook
    velocity, pleasure, modernism
    Author: Duffy, Enda
    Published: [2009]; ©2009
    Publisher:  Duke University Press, Durham [NC]

    "Speed, the sensation one gets when driving fast, was described by Aldous Huxley as the single new pleasure invented by modernity. The Speed Handbook is a virtuoso exploration of Huxley's claim. Enda Duffy shows how the experience of speed has always... more

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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 Handbook is 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, to feel modernity in their bones. Duffy plunges full-throttle into speed's 'adrenaline aesthetics', offering deft readings of works ranging from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, through J.G. Ballard's Crash, to the cautionary consumerism of Ralph Nader. He describes how speed changed understandings of space, distance, chance, and violence; how the experience of speed was commodified in the dawning era of mass consumption; and how society was incited to abhor slowness and desire speed. He examines how people were trained by new media such as the cinema to see, hear, and sense speed, and how speed, demanded of the efficient assembly-line worker, was given back to that worker as the chief thrill of leisure. Assessing speed's political implications, Duffy considers how speed pleasure was offered to citizens based on criteria including their ability to pay and their gender, and how speed quickly became something to be patrolled by governments. Drawing on novels, news reports, photography, advertising, and much more, Duffy provides a breakneck tour through the cultural dynamics of speed."--Publisher description

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 147809074X; 9781478090748
    RVK Categories: EC 2410 ; EC 5410 ; MS 1170
    Edition: [Open access version]
    Series: Post-contemporary interventions
    Subjects: Automobiles; Automobiles; Civilisation; Temps; Vitesse dans la littérature; Vitesse; Automobiles; Automobiles; Civilization, Modern; Geschwindigkeit; Kultur; Moderne; modernité; modernité; Philosophie; Speed in literature; Speed; Time; Culturele aspecten; Snelheid; Automobiles; Automobiles; Civilization, Modern; Speed in literature; Speed; Time
    Other subjects: Geschichte 1900-2000; 1900-1999; Electronic books
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    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

  2. The speed handbook
    velocity, pleasure, modernism
    Author: Duffy, Enda
    Published: [2009]
    Publisher:  Duke University Press, Durham [NC]

    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... more

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    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. "Speed, the sensation one gets when driving fast, was described by Aldous Huxley as the single new pleasure invented by modernity. The Speed Handbook is 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, to feel modernity in their bones. Duffy plunges full-throttle into speed's 'adrenaline aesthetics', offering deft readings of works ranging from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, through J.G. Ballard's Crash, to the cautionary consumerism of Ralph Nader. He describes how speed changed understandings of space, distance, chance, and violence; how the experience of speed was commodified in the dawning era of mass consumption; and how society was incited to abhor slowness and desire speed. He examines how people were trained by new media such as the cinema to see, hear, and sense speed, and how speed, demanded of the efficient assembly-line worker, was given back to that worker as the chief thrill of leisure. Assessing speed's political implications, Duffy considers how speed pleasure was offered to citizens based on criteria including their ability to pay and their gender, and how speed quickly became something to be patrolled by governments. Drawing on novels, news reports, photography, advertising, and much more, Duffy provides a breakneck tour through the cultural dynamics of speed."--Publisher description

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781478090748; 147809074X
    RVK Categories: EC 2410 ; EC 5410 ; MS 1170
    Edition: [Open access version]
    Series: Post-contemporary interventions
    Subjects: Automobiles; Automobiles; Speed in literature; Speed; Time; Civilization, Modern; Automobiles ; Social aspects; Automobiles ; Speed; Speed in literature; Geschwindigkeit; Kultur; Moderne; Philosophie; Snelheid; Culturele aspecten; modernité ; vitesse; modernité ; temps (durée); Civilization, Modern; Speed ; Social aspects; Time ; Social aspects; Electronic books
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-294) and index