Normal Cars and Queer Driving: Or, Why Charlie Loved to Speed

  • Jenny Ingemarsdotter
Keywords: queer automobility, female driver, lesbian, speed, desire, Charlie, Volvo

Abstract

Today’s private automobiles are, in a manner of speaking, moving miniature parlors, equipped with almost every modern convenience. Volvo has now turned the miniature parlor into a “convertible” bedchamber. (“Volvo och camping” 1930, 8)1 She increased her speed once, and then once again, bending with taut muscles over the wheel. The gravel spattered in all directions under the wheels; on a curve, the back wheels skidded, but righted themselves in the middle of the road – the car lay like a red streak along the road. (Suber 1934, 47)2

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Published
2018-10-16
How to Cite
Ingemarsdotter, J. (2018). Normal Cars and Queer Driving: Or, Why Charlie Loved to Speed. Lambda Nordica, 22(1), 38-70. Retrieved from https://lambdanordica.org/index.php/lambdanordica/article/view/496
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