Popular Music and Automobiles

Mark Duffett is a Gales-listed academic author, known for two decades of research in popular music studies and fan studies. He is writer of Understanding Fandom (Bloomsbury, 2013) and Counting Down Elvis (2018), editor of Popular Music Fandom (2015), Fan Identities and Practices in Context (2018), and editor or co-editor of several special edition journals for Popular Music and Society, Rock Music Studies, and the IASPM journal. Beate Peter is Senior Lecturer in German at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. As a member of the Research Centre for Applied Social Sciences at MMU, she is currently leading a team of researchers that investigate the role that music (acid house) played in shaping the social, political, and cultural landscape in Britain. She is also a convener of Manchester’s Music and Sonic Studies research network. Her research interests focus on music and identity, in particular the role of affect and musical memories.

• Notes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionMark Duffett, University of Chester, United Kingdom1. Rock 'n' Roll: Cars, Convergence, and CultureTim Wall and Nick Webber (Birmingham City University, UK)2. 'She’s My Little Deuce Coupe': Freudian Transformations in the Car Songs of The Beach BoysGeorgina Gregory (University of Central Lancashire, UK)3. Music Is the Vehicle: Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now," Top Gear, and the Driving AnthemRoddy Hawkins (University of Manchester, UK)4. The Passenger? Gender, Cars, Mobility, and Dance MusicKatie Milestone (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)5. Rave Journeys: Intimacy, Liminality, and the Changing Notion of HomeBeate Peter (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)6. Driving on the A470: Cars and Roads in Welsh-language Popular MusicCraig Owen Jones (Bangor University and Coleg Cymraeg, Cenedlaethol, Wales)7. 'Ich will Spaß, ich geb Gas': German Pop between Fun and SubversionBarbara Hornberger (University of Hildesheim, Germany) Translated from German by Kerstin Bueschges8. Las Chivas: Fiesta in MotionSantiago Niño Morales (Distrital 'Francisco José de Caldas', Bogotá, Colombia)9. Listening to Music in Cars while Black: Popular Music, Automobility, and the Murder of Jordan DavisAmanda Nell Edgar (University of Memphis, USA)10. Crash! Music Press Coverage of Performers in Automobile AccidentsMark Duffett (University of Chester, UK)NotesReferencesIndex

Popular Music and Automobiles is an outstanding scholarly examination of motorvatin’ music. Chuck Berry would approve of this literary lionizing of car tunes ... this Bloomsbury Academic publication is a gem. It elevates car song analysis to new heights. It presents informed and insightful international perspectives about automotive technology. Best of all, the essays are lucid and logical, fun to read, and valuable sources of reflection.