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dc.contributor.authorTranter, Kieran
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Damien
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:00:38Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:00:38Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.modified2014-04-30T23:59:31Z
dc.identifier.issn17521483
dc.identifier.doi10.5235/17521483.7.1.1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/55596
dc.description.abstractThis paper argues that the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) television series Top Gear (2002-) presents a significant opportunity to think about automobility, masculinity and law. As a show about cars and car culture it can be seen, and dismissed, as a gratuitous celebration of 'combustion masculinity.' However, its irony, humour and nostalgia combine to highlight that this way of being male lies in the past. Focusing on Top Gear series 13 (June-August 2009) it is argued that the essence of combustion masculinity lies not only in risk and competition but law. However, the show goes further. In its excessive performance of combustion masculinity it engages in gentle critique. In the post-industrial era where the motor vehicle's cultural status is declining Top Gear is itself a vehicle allowing combustion masculinity to be overtaken by less risky, less violent and more lawful ways of being male.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherHart Publishing Ltd
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto18
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalLaw and Humanities
dc.relation.ispartofvolume7
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLaw and Society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLaw
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPerforming Arts and Creative Writing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHistorical Studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode180119
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1801
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1904
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2103
dc.title'The Cutting Edge of Cocking About': Top Gear, Automobility and Law
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Law
gro.rights.copyright© 2013 Hart Publishing. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2013
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorTranter, Kieran M.
gro.griffith.authorMartin, Damien J.


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