Cool Cars, High Art : The Rise of Kustom Kulture

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-02-01
Publisher(s): Univ Pr of Mississippi
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Summary

A revved-up cruise through a world where chopped Mercs and slammed Chevies are works of art

Author Biography

John DeWitt is an associate professor of English and the acting director of the liberal arts program at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
Prologue xvi
The Invention of Kustom Kulture
3(28)
Making Art Out of Cars
31(22)
Blue-Collar Modernism
53(30)
The Golden Age of Customs
83(32)
Back to the Future
115(34)
Afterword 149(2)
Sources 151(4)
Index 155(4)
Plates 159

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