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This book explores the history and politics of motor racing, one of the most popular and lucrative elements in the international sport industry. Written by a group of international scholars and motor racing specialists it discusses the sport’s origins, the relationship of motor racing to nation building and modernity (noting its links to fascism and dictatorship), the links between motor racing and the automobile industry, motor racing and the politics both of gender and of race, motor racing, the media and postmodernity, and motor racing, the spatial and globalization. This book speaks to scholars in history, politics, sport studies, the sociology of sport, sport management and cultural studies, along with the many lay readers who are interested in the relationship between motor sport and society.



Table of Contents
01. Introduction

Damion Sturm

Stephen Wagg

David L. Andrews

SECTION I: THE ORIGINS OF MOTOR SPORT

02. ‘The Origins of Motor Sport in France: Sites of Racing Memory

Éamon Ó Cofaigh

03. The long winding road to stability and innovation. The politics and development of the World Rally Championship

Samuel Tickell

Hans Erik Næss

Tom Evens

SECTION II: THE EARLY POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MOTOR RACING

04. Racing and Racism: German Motorsport and the Third Reich

Eberhard Reuß

Sandra Esslinger

05. Henry Ford and the Rise of US Motorsport

Georgios Paris Loizides

06. ‘The Fascist Race Par Excellence’: Fascism and the Mille Miglia

Paul Baxa

07. Vargas, Perón and Motor Sport: a Comparative Study of South American Populism

Victor Andrade de Melo

Mauricio Drumond

SECTION III: MOTOR RACING AND THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY

08. Politics, Motor Sport and the Italian Car Industry, 1893-1947

Aldo Zana

09. British Motor Sport and the Rise of the Garagisti

Mark Jenkins

Nick Henry

Tim Angus

SECTION IV: MOTOR RACING AND THE POLITICS OF GENDER

10. It Was Ironic He Should Have Died in Bed: Racing Drivers, Masculinity and the Politics of Safety

Stephen Wagg

  1. From Power Puff to W Series: The Evolution of Women-Only Racing

Chris Lezotte

  1. The Awkward Gender Politics of Formula 1 as a Promotional Space. The ‘Grid Girls’ issue

Honorata Jakubowska

SECTION V: MOTOR RACING AND THE POLITICS OF RACE

  1. A Political and Economic Analysis of South Africa’s Historical Relationship with Formula One Motor Racing, 1934–1993

Gustav Venter

  1. Recovering the Black Geographies of Motorsports: The Counter-Mobility Work of NASCAR’s Wendell Scott

Derek H. Alderman

Joshua Inwood

  1. Can the Formula One Driver Speak?

Lewis Hamilton, Race and the Resurrection of the Black Athlete

Ben Carrington

SECTION VI: MOTOR RACING, THE MEDIA, AND POSTMODERNITY

  1. Formula One as Television

Damion Sturm

  1. The Shifting Landscape of Sponsorship within Formula 1

Timothy Dewhirst

Wonkyong Beth Lee

  1. ‘Men love women, but even more than that, men love cars’: Motor Racing on Film

Seán Crosson

  1. ‘Who D’You Think You Are? Stirling Moss?’ British Racing Drivers and the Politics of Celebrity: 1896 to 1992
Stephen Wagg

  1. ‘The star in the car’: Formula One Stardom, Driver Agency and Celebrity Culture

Damion Sturm

  1. Neoliberal Interpellation in the F1 2018 Video Game

Daniel S. Traber

  1. Ecclestone out, Liberty Media in. An Analysis of the Shifting Ownership Structure of Formula One

Tom Evens

Samuel Tickell

Hans Erik Næss

SECTION VII: THE GLOBALISATION OF MOTOR RACING

  1. The Circus Comes to Town: Formula 1, Globalization, and the Uber-Sport Spectacle

Jacob J. Bustad

David L. Andrews

  • Circuits of Capital: The Spatial Development of Formula One Racetracks

    • Michael Friedman

    Brandon Wallace

    1. Formula 1 as a Vehicle for Urban Transformation in China:

    State Entrepreneurialism and the Re-Imaging of Shanghai

    Andrew Manley

    Bryan Clift

    1. Event on the Streets: the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix and the Commodification of Urban Space in Baku

    David Gogishvili

    1. Motor Sport in the Middle East: Business and Political Rivalries in the Arabian Gulf

    Mahfoud Amara

    Youcef Bouandel

    1. Stray dogs and luxury taxes: What happened to the Indian Grand Prix?

    Callie Batts Maddox

    1. Formula One and the Insanity of Car-Based Transportation

    Toby Miller

    Brett Hutchins

    Libby Lester

    Richard Maxwell

    The History and Politics of Motor Racing: Lives in the Fast Lane

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        Publication Date: 10/06/2023
        ISBN13: 9783031228247, 978-3031228247
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        Book Synopsis

        This book explores the history and politics of motor racing, one of the most popular and lucrative elements in the international sport industry. Written by a group of international scholars and motor racing specialists it discusses the sport’s origins, the relationship of motor racing to nation building and modernity (noting its links to fascism and dictatorship), the links between motor racing and the automobile industry, motor racing and the politics both of gender and of race, motor racing, the media and postmodernity, and motor racing, the spatial and globalization. This book speaks to scholars in history, politics, sport studies, the sociology of sport, sport management and cultural studies, along with the many lay readers who are interested in the relationship between motor sport and society.



        Table of Contents
        01. Introduction

        Damion Sturm

        Stephen Wagg

        David L. Andrews

        SECTION I: THE ORIGINS OF MOTOR SPORT

        02. ‘The Origins of Motor Sport in France: Sites of Racing Memory

        Éamon Ó Cofaigh

        03. The long winding road to stability and innovation. The politics and development of the World Rally Championship

        Samuel Tickell

        Hans Erik Næss

        Tom Evens

        SECTION II: THE EARLY POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MOTOR RACING

        04. Racing and Racism: German Motorsport and the Third Reich

        Eberhard Reuß

        Sandra Esslinger

        05. Henry Ford and the Rise of US Motorsport

        Georgios Paris Loizides

        06. ‘The Fascist Race Par Excellence’: Fascism and the Mille Miglia

        Paul Baxa

        07. Vargas, Perón and Motor Sport: a Comparative Study of South American Populism

        Victor Andrade de Melo

        Mauricio Drumond

        SECTION III: MOTOR RACING AND THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY

        08. Politics, Motor Sport and the Italian Car Industry, 1893-1947

        Aldo Zana

        09. British Motor Sport and the Rise of the Garagisti

        Mark Jenkins

        Nick Henry

        Tim Angus

        SECTION IV: MOTOR RACING AND THE POLITICS OF GENDER

        10. It Was Ironic He Should Have Died in Bed: Racing Drivers, Masculinity and the Politics of Safety

        Stephen Wagg

        1. From Power Puff to W Series: The Evolution of Women-Only Racing

        Chris Lezotte

        1. The Awkward Gender Politics of Formula 1 as a Promotional Space. The ‘Grid Girls’ issue

        Honorata Jakubowska

        SECTION V: MOTOR RACING AND THE POLITICS OF RACE

        1. A Political and Economic Analysis of South Africa’s Historical Relationship with Formula One Motor Racing, 1934–1993

        Gustav Venter

        1. Recovering the Black Geographies of Motorsports: The Counter-Mobility Work of NASCAR’s Wendell Scott

        Derek H. Alderman

        Joshua Inwood

        1. Can the Formula One Driver Speak?

        Lewis Hamilton, Race and the Resurrection of the Black Athlete

        Ben Carrington

        SECTION VI: MOTOR RACING, THE MEDIA, AND POSTMODERNITY

        1. Formula One as Television

        Damion Sturm

        1. The Shifting Landscape of Sponsorship within Formula 1

        Timothy Dewhirst

        Wonkyong Beth Lee

        1. ‘Men love women, but even more than that, men love cars’: Motor Racing on Film

        Seán Crosson

        1. ‘Who D’You Think You Are? Stirling Moss?’ British Racing Drivers and the Politics of Celebrity: 1896 to 1992
        Stephen Wagg

        1. ‘The star in the car’: Formula One Stardom, Driver Agency and Celebrity Culture

        Damion Sturm

        1. Neoliberal Interpellation in the F1 2018 Video Game

        Daniel S. Traber

        1. Ecclestone out, Liberty Media in. An Analysis of the Shifting Ownership Structure of Formula One

        Tom Evens

        Samuel Tickell

        Hans Erik Næss

        SECTION VII: THE GLOBALISATION OF MOTOR RACING

        1. The Circus Comes to Town: Formula 1, Globalization, and the Uber-Sport Spectacle

        Jacob J. Bustad

        David L. Andrews

      • Circuits of Capital: The Spatial Development of Formula One Racetracks

        • Michael Friedman

        Brandon Wallace

        1. Formula 1 as a Vehicle for Urban Transformation in China:

        State Entrepreneurialism and the Re-Imaging of Shanghai

        Andrew Manley

        Bryan Clift

        1. Event on the Streets: the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix and the Commodification of Urban Space in Baku

        David Gogishvili

        1. Motor Sport in the Middle East: Business and Political Rivalries in the Arabian Gulf

        Mahfoud Amara

        Youcef Bouandel

        1. Stray dogs and luxury taxes: What happened to the Indian Grand Prix?

        Callie Batts Maddox

        1. Formula One and the Insanity of Car-Based Transportation

        Toby Miller

        Brett Hutchins

        Libby Lester

        Richard Maxwell

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