Vehicles : cars, canoes, and other metaphors of moral imagination

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Vehicles : cars, canoes, and other metaphors of moral imagination

edited by David Lipset and Richard Handler

Berghahn Books, c2014

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Includes bibliographical references and index

収録内容

  • Introduction : Charon's boat and other vehicles of moral imagination / David Lipset
  • Living canoes : vehicles of moral imagination among the Murik of Papua New Guinea / David Lipset
  • Cars, persons, and streets : Erving Goffman and the analysis of traffic rules / Richard Handler
  • It's not an airplane, it's my baby? : using a gender metaphor to make sense of old warplanes in North America / Kent Wayland
  • Is female to male as lightweight cars are to sports cars? : gender metaphors and cognitive schemas in recessionary Japan / Joshua Hotaka Roth
  • Little cars that make us cry : Yugoslav Fića as a vehicle for social commentary and ritual restoration of innocence / Marko Živković
  • Let's go F.B.! : metaphors of cars and corruption in China / Beth E. Notar
  • Barrio metaxis : ambivalent aesthetics in Mexican Americans lowrider cars / Ben Chappell
  • Driving into the light : traversing life and death in a lynching reenactment by African-Americans / Mark Auslander
  • Afterword : quo vadis? / James W. Fernandez

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内容説明

Metaphor, as an act of human fancy, combines ideas in improbable ways to sharpen meanings of life and experience. Theoretically, this arises from an association between a sign-for example, a cattle car-and its referent, the Holocaust. These "sign-vehicles" serve as modes of semiotic transportation through conceptual space. Likewise, on-the-ground vehicles can be rich metaphors for the moral imagination. Following on this insight, Vehicles presents a collection of ethnographic essays on the metaphoric significance of vehicles in different cultures. Analyses include canoes in Papua New Guinea, pedestrians and airplanes in North America, lowriders among Mexican-Americans, and cars in contemporary China, Japan, and Eastern Europe, as well as among African-Americans in the South. Vehicles not only "carry people around," but also "carry" how they are understood in relation to the dynamics of culture, politics and history.

目次

List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Charon's Boat and Other Vehicles of Moral Imagination David Lipset PART I: PERSONS AS VEHICLES Chapter 1. Living Canoes: Vehicles of Moral Imagination among the Murik of Papua New Guinea David Lipset Chapter 2. Cars, Persons, and Streets: Erving Goffman and the Analysis of Traffic Rules Richard Handler PART II: VEHICLES AS GENDERED PERSONS Chapter 3. "It's Not an Airplane, It's My Baby": Using a Gender Metaphor to Make Sense of Old Warplanes in North America Kent Wayland Chapter 4. Is Female to Male as Lightweight Cars Are to Sports Cars?: Gender Metaphors and Cognitive Schemas in Recessionary Japan Joshua Hotaka Roth PART III: EQUIVOCAL VEHICLES Chapter 5. Little Cars that Make Us Cry: Yugoslav Fica as a Vehicle for Social Commentary and Ritual Restoration of Innocence Marko Zivkovic Chapter 6. "Let's Go F.B.!": Metaphors of Cars and Corruption in China Beth E. Notar Chapter 7. Barrio Metaxis: Ambivalent Aesthetics in Mexican American Lowrider Cars Ben Chappell Chapter 8. Driving into the Light: Traversing Life and Death in a Lynching Reenactment by African-Americans Mark Auslander Afterword: Quo Vadis? James W. Fernandez Notes on Contributors Index

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