{"product_id":"the-devils-wheels-men-and-motorcycling-in-the-weimar-republic-9781789205237","title":"The Devil's Wheels: Men and Motorcycling in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tDuring the high days of modernization fever, among the many disorienting changes Germans experienced in the Weimar Republic was an unprecedented mingling of consumption and identity: increasingly, what one bought signaled who one was. Exemplary of this volatile dynamic was the era’s burgeoning motorcycle culture. With automobiles largely a luxury of the upper classes, motorcycles complexly symbolized masculinity and freedom, embodying a widespread desire to embrace progress as well as profound anxieties over the course of social transformation. Through its richly textured account of the motorcycle as both icon and commodity, \u003cem\u003eThe Devil’s Wheels\u003c\/em\u003e teases out the intricacies of gender and class in the Weimar years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“A fine study of the gendering of motorcycles in the inter- war years, Sasha Disko’s\u003c\/em\u003e The Devil’s Wheels \u003cem\u003eoffers an important interpretation of a mass-produced technology, the motorcycle, and how it came to embody masculinity as well as new forms of consumerism.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• American Historical Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“All in all, Disko offers a pronounced multi-perspective analysis of the motor-cycle as ‘cultural commodity’ in Weimar Germany, demonstrating impressively what a modern mobility study can achieve… Disko’s study is innovative and highly readable…[it] makes an important contribution to the cultural history of motorcycling and even opens up a new perspective on the cultural history of the Weimar Republic.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Journal of Transport History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Sasha Disko’s study provides a treasure trove of exciting themes for those interested in leisure time activities, gender, consumption but also interactions between the state, through the police, and the motorcyclists on the streets in Weimar Germany.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• German History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Disko offers a new and exciting interpretation that challenges our understandings of gendered consumption, modernity, and the role that motorcycles played in defining and defending masculinity, femininity, and the nation during the interwar years.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Jennifer Lynn\u003c\/strong\u003e, Montana State University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is a fascinating, engagingly written, and illuminating book that resonates well beyond its immediate national and historical context. Its exploration of the anxieties and opportunities surrounding identity in the Weimar Republic will be greeted enthusiastically by scholars in cultural history, mobility studies, gender studies, and a host of other interdisciplinary fields.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Cotten Seiler\u003c\/strong\u003e, Dickinson College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface and Acknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Does the man make the motorcycle or the motorcycle the man?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e From Pioneers to Global Dominance: The First Forty Years of the German Motorcycle Industry\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Engineering and Advertising a Motorized Future\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Motorcycles and the “Everyman”: Exploring the Motorcycling Milieu\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e “Is Motorcycling Even Sport?”: Strength and the National Body during the Weimar Republic\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Deviant Behaviors: Inclusion, Exclusion, and Community\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Motoring Amazons?: Women and Motorcycling During the Weimar Republic\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sex and the Sidecar: Sexuality, Courtship, Marriage and Motorization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eEpilogue:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Will to Motor\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tAppendix\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042557985111,"sku":"9781789205237","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789205237.jpg?v=1750954637","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-devils-wheels-men-and-motorcycling-in-the-weimar-republic-9781789205237","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}