Download or read book Death and Desire in Car Crash Culture written by Ricarda Vidal and published by Peter Lang Limited, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Car crash culture is a symptom of the 20th century, the author argues in this book, revealing that our love of the car and technology is caused by the continuing influence of turn-of-the-century ideas: the futurist technological utopia and a romantic return to nature.