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Car Crash Culture

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  • © 2001

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  1. Mikita Brottman
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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XLIII
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  2. Car Crash Contemplations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Kar Krash Karma

      • Kenneth Anger
      Pages 3-9

    3. Clutching Pearls

      • A. Loudermilk
      Pages 11-22

    4. Existential Reality on Powell Boulevard

      • Adam Parfrey
      Pages 23-24

    5. This Wreckless Landscape

      • Eric Laurier
      Pages 25-37

    6. Strangers in the Night

      • William Luhr
      Pages 39-43

    7. “Jump on in, You’re in Safe Hands”

      • Howard Lake
      Pages 45-69

  3. Car Crash Crimes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Dragging Deaths

      • Jay D. Dix, Stephen Bolesta
      Pages 73-76

    3. The Love Bug

      • J. C. Rupp
      Pages 77-81

    4. Vehicular Suicides

      • Alex D. Pokorny, James P. Smith, John R. Finch, Takeshi Imajo
      Pages 83-89

    5. Suicide and Homicide by Automobile

      • John M. MacDonald
      Pages 91-98

    6. A Case with Bear Facts

      • Turhon A. Murad, Margie H. Boddy
      Pages 99-104

    7. Highway to Hell

      • Michael Newton
      Pages 105-119

  4. Car Crash Conspiracies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. Car Crash Cover-Ups

      • Philip L. Simpson
      Pages 123-141

    3. Why don’t We Make Believe It Happened in the Road?

      • Jerry Glover
      Pages 143-156

    4. Papal Conveyance

      • David Kerekes
      Pages 157-163

    5. SS-100-X

      • Pamela McElwain-Brown
      Pages 165-190
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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.

Reviews

'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.

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