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Submission Process – IJMS
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Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, serious, sustained discussion of the following:. The motorcycle or riding in film, literature, art and music. The role of place/environment in motorcycling. Motorcycling and issues of safety and risk. Motorcycling and race, class, ethnicity, sexuality or gender. Motorcycle rights and politics. The commodification of motorcycles, motorcycling and/or motorcyclists. Advertising/marketing of motorcycles, gear and motorcycle culture. All contributions to the.
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Volume 11, Issue 1: Spring 2015 – IJMS
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Category Archives: Volume 11, Issue 1: Spring 2015. Volume 11, Issue 1: Spring 2015. Few designs in the motorcycle world enjoy a 10 year history without change, but our website did just that. The original layout conceived by Alice Sexton has served us well, but with the ever changing online landscape and the recent shift in leadership the editorial staff at IJMS felt it was time for an update … Continue reading. Volume 11, Issue 1: Spring 2015. Volume 11, Issue 1: Spring 2015. James J. Ward. The communit...
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Deleuzian Motorcycle: Towards a Theory of Motorcycles and the Other Esperanza Miyake – IJMS
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Deleuzian Motorcycle: Towards a Theory of Motorcycles and the Other. Volume 11, Issue 1: Spring 2015. But then again, why. I want to dismiss and be divorced from my gender and race? In this article, I want to argue that the specific time-space of riding a motorcycle is where this tension is momentarily resolved or at least re-negotiated and how such a spatio-temporal site has theoretical and political implications when thinking about motorcycles in relation to the Other. [2]. I think a lot of bikers woul...
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If I had a (Victory) Hammer: Mining the Vein of Male Discontent John Sumser – IJMS
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If I had a (Victory) Hammer: Mining the Vein of Male Discontent. Volume 11, Issue 1: Spring 2015. The J Peterman catalog copy above illustrates the effort to weave images together to create meaning and meaningful lifestyles. The images do not have to fit together in any logical way in order to make advertising sense. Harley-Davidson riders, with some help from the Company, can seamlessly present themselves as patriotic cowboy criminals, and Jonathan Boorstein of the U.K.’s. Nostalgia is an element in alm...
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Why Motorcycle Studies? – IJMS
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Its essence is speed in a world in which time itself seems to have increased its velocity. In riding, the motorcyclist becomes one with her machine, an image of a cyborgian unity that can only become more central to our daily existence as we walk about with machines embedded in our bodies, from pacemakers to insulin dispensers. It exemplifies modern engineering excellence, yet an owner can’t wait to modify it to make it her own. Code of dress and behavior. The economics of motorcycle manufacturers instru...
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About – IJMS
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International Journal of Motorcycle Studies. IJMS) is dedicated to the study and discussion of motorcycling culture in all its forms from the experience of riding and racing to the history of the machine, the riders and design to the images of motorcycling and motorcyclists in film, advertising and literature. We welcome submissions on all areas related to the cultural phenomenon of motorcycling. We invite contributions from all members of the motorcycling community. He is the author of. Is a professor o...
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“Here’s Hoping the ‘Hound’ and His Friends had a Good Time”: The Hollister Gypsy Tour of 1947 and the rise of the “Outlaw” Motorcyclist Randy McBee – IJMS
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Here’s Hoping the ‘Hound’ and His Friends had a Good Time : The Hollister Gypsy Tour of 1947 and the rise of the Outlaw Motorcyclist. Volume 11, Issue 1: Spring 2015. Doughty estimated that four thousand cyclists attended the rally, nearly sixty persons were injured (three seriously), scores of arrests were made, and a special night court session was convened to punish those charged with reckless driving and drunkenness. [2]. Cyclist’s Holiday: He and Friends Terrorize Town [Fig.1]. Went so far as to exp...
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101 Road Tales Book Review by Jonathan Boorstein – IJMS
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Book Review by Jonathan Boorstein. Volume 11, Issue 1: Spring 2015. Center Conway, NH: Whitehorse Press, 2008. Since 1988, Clement Salvadori has written Road Tales , a monthly column for Rider. Magazine. Salvadori’s credits as a motojournalist since his first sale in 1975 include more than a thousand articles covering everything from travel to test rides. As a motorcycle adventure traveler, he has crossed six continents and more than 70 countries, passing the one million mile mark a long time ago. Breaki...
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Conferences – IJMS
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14 16 July 2016: 6th IJMS Conference, London. Previous Conferences and Exhibitions. 2015: 5th IJMS Conference, Alabama. 2014: 4th IJMS Conference, Colorado Springs. 2013: 3rd IJMS Conference Exhibition, London. 2012: 2nd IJMS Conference, Colorado Springs. 2010: 1st IJMS Conference, Colorado Springs. Volume 12, Issue 1: Spring 2016. Volume 11, Issue 1: Spring 2015. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.
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Breaking the Code: A True Story by a Hells Angel President and the Cop Who Pursued Him Book Review by Anthony Saia – IJMS
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Breaking the Code: A True Story by a Hells Angel President and the Cop Who Pursued Him. Book Review by Anthony Saia. Volume 11, Issue 1: Spring 2015. Breaking the Code: A True Story by a Hells Angel President and the Cop Who Pursued Him. By Pat Matter and Chris Omodt. The Real Deal, LLC, 2014. Violating the outlaw code [1]. It is apparent that the name of the book was chosen in the effort to show that Matter was destined to turn on the members in the Minneapolis chapter. The book, with the help of Om...
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