Competition in the comic frame: A Burkean analysis of vintage sports car racing

Vintage racing cars are driving out of museums and onto race tracks. Using Burkean concepts, the authors argue that vintage racing is a comically framed critique of the value of competition. The comic dramas of vintage racing employ a repetitive psychology of form in offering equality as the prefera...

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Published in:The Southern communication journal 1995-12, Vol.61 (1), p.76-90
Main Authors: Rybacki, Karyn Charles, Rybacki, Donald Jay
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American literature
Automobile racing
Burke, Kenneth (1897-1993)
Collectibles
Competition
Criticism
Driving
Museums
Psychology
Race cars
Sports
Sports cars
Values
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Summary:Vintage racing cars are driving out of museums and onto race tracks. Using Burkean concepts, the authors argue that vintage racing is a comically framed critique of the value of competition. The comic dramas of vintage racing employ a repetitive psychology of form in offering equality as the preferable value.
ISSN:1041-794X
1930-3203
DOI:10.1080/10417949509373000