GENERALINDEX

AIDS 63, 65, 305n, 307-26, 327n Altman, Rick 91-4 American dream 2, 4, 55, 57-9, 66,

197-8 Araki, Gregg 103, 307-9, 312, 315,

317-19, 325, 330-2, 337 Astaire-Rogers musicals 92-3, 95-6, 101 automobiles see cars Atkinson, Michael 1, 94, 207, 357

Barnard, Rita 6 Barrow, Clyde and Bonnie Parker 72-3,

76, 78, 80-1, 86n-7n, 93 Baudrillard, Jean 1, 207, 210, 241, 250,

268n, 364, 366 Beats, the 151-4, 156, 254 Beatty, Warren 9, 76, 78-9, 100 Bellour, Raymond 92 Benchley, Robert 119-20 Berkeley, Busby 94-5, 103 Bhabha, Homi 182 bikers see motorcycles Boesky, Ivan 209-10 Brooks, Albert 34, 44n, 213, 215 Bruno, Giuliana 355-6 buddy movie 6, 8-11, 13-14, 53, 62-3,

93, 143, 145, 165, 172, 204-6, 215-27, 237, 308, 333, 343; see also couples

Bush, George 179, 205, 326 Butler, Judith 300

capitalism 3-4, 13, 19, 31, 43n, 71,

73-4, 76, 78-80, 84-6, 87n-8n, 89n, 186, 204-5, 208, 214-16, 220, 223, 226, 247, 250, 252-3, 255, 263, 266, 307, 322, 352, 367; see also economics; money

Capra, Frank 6, 18-19, 21-4, 26, 28-9, 32, 39, 41n-3n

car radios 33, 56, 61, 93, 101-2, 174 cars 1-2, 8, 12, 22, 60-1, 64, 75-6,

93-4, 99, 102, 127-8, 172, 175, 180, 194, 207, 210-12, 214-16, 219, 221, 223-4, 237-8, 242-3, 253-4, 256-8, 264, 309-11, 341, 343, 362-3, 366-7; accidents 7, 103, 195-7, 240, 364; opposed to horses 3, 22, 60-1, 66, 93, 190; as panoptic bubble 357-8; 361; specific models 11, 67, 68n, 88n, 130, 138, 143, 145, 148-9, 152, 154, 156, 158-60, 169-70, 211, 219, 227n, 257, 261, 268n, 294, 304n

Carter, Paul 253, 261 celebrity 83-4, 91, 99-101, 103, 130-2,

135 Ching, Barbara 6 Clarens, Carlos 93, 106n class 5-6, 12, 19, 22, 28, 30, 34, 79,

87n, 105n, 114, 125, 131-2, 140, 166-7, 188, 213, 216-18, 221, 239-40, 243-4, 247, 277-8, 300, 356, 360-1, 366

Clover, Carol 96, 105n coffee shops see diners

Colbert, Claudette 5, 8, 19, 21, 23, 25-7, 29, 32, 129, 131

community 8, 20, 34, 64, 71, 86n-7n, 152, 156, 287-90, 295-7, 301-4, 307, 313, 326, 349-50, 358

consumption 13, 34, 73-4, 86, 86n, 88n, 133-40, 156, 206, 210-11, 214, 218-20, 238, 241-2, 250-1, 253, 356; and style 76, 78-80, 84, 86, 216, 218-20, 223, 226, 289-92, 299, 301-2

Cooper, James Fenimore 46 Corman, Roger 180, 199n Corrigan, Timothy 2-3, 6, 7, 9-12,

104n, 174, 195, 212-13, 343-4, 354, 363, 366, 369n

counter-culture 3-4, 13, 76-8, 80, 179-83, 191-2, 197, 308; see also hippies

couples: heterosexual 7-8, 11, 27-8, 62, 64, 70, 72, 75-6, 85, 87n, 92-3, 169, 224, 284, 294, 297, 299, 342, 360; outlaw 5, 13-14, 70-86, 90-103, 104n, 116, 226; see also buddy movie Crowther, Bosley 78

Dean, James 7, 68n, 100, 157, 195 Debord, Guy 33, 81 de Certeau, Michel 240, 242, 349, 356-7 Deleuze, Gilles 19, 41n-3n, 344 DeMille, Cecil B. 134-5 desert 3-4, 6, 20, 28, 31, 35, 39-40, 66,

158, 169, 177, 188, 210-11, 249, 256, 259-60, 263-4, 357, 361-3, 369n

diners 90, 97, 99, 101, 223-4, 334 Doane, Mary Ann 333, 355 Dole, Robert 70-1, 73, 84-5 domesticity see home Doty, Alex 274 Dunaway, Faye 9, 77, 78-9, 100 Dyer, Richard 121, 275, 280 dystopia 3-4, 125, 128, 180-99, 294,

322, 325; see also utopia

Eastwood, Clint 10, 12, 45-6, 48-9, 52-60, 66, 67n

Ebert, Roger 212, 216, 225

economics 10, 12, 34, 76, 79, 105n, 121, 123, 132, 134, 205-6, 210, 233, 235, 237, 239-41, 244-5, 249, 251-4, 265, 268n; see also capitalism; money

Ehrenreich, Barbara 154, 207, 213, 216, 226

Eisenhower, Dwight 2, 151 Elliott, Stephan 276, 349, 357 existentialism 2, 143, 145, 149, 165,

177, 182, 207, 214-15, 221, 244, 250, 358

fame see celebrity fascism 19-21, 29-30, 240, 247 femininity 48, 62-6, 237, 278, 296,

300-1, 352; see also gender; genre, road movie as: and women

Feuer, Jane 121 film noir 2, 73, 91, 95, 128, 167, 236 Fisher, Nancy 79-80, 85 Fonda, Henry 5, 60, 97, 199n-200n,

316 Fonda, Peter 3, 35-6, 39, 51, 179, 199n Ford, John 19, 21, 24-6, 28, 39, 41n,

43n, 48, 52, 210 Foucault, Michel 242, 244-5, 357 Frank, Micheline K. 205 freedom 34, 71, 85-6, 140n, 160, 191,

193-5, 198-9, 207, 213-14, 253, 307, 309, 322, 326, 332, 343, 352-3, 357-8, 365, 367

Friedberg, Anne 354-6 frontier, the 1, 52, 55, 61, 66-7, 91,

105, 186-8, 190-4, 198-9, 201n, 255, 263, 271, 287

Garland, Judy 96, 272-5 gender 45-67, 113, 130-3, 140, 173,

211, 226, 245, 287-9, 291, 293-4, 296, 299-300, 302-3, 307, 321-4, 353-4, 356, 363, 366; see also femininity; masculinity; genre, road movie as: and women

genre, road movie as 2, 4, 6, 10-14, 22, 25-6, 45-6, 48, 50-1, 53, 57, 62-3, 65-7, 91-2, 146, 165-6, 177, 192, 206-7, 212, 226, 307, 309, 311, 313, 315, 321-6, 353-4; and women 3,

10-12, 45, 49, 51, 62-6, 167-77, 287, 295-9, 322-4

Gibson, Mel 249, 256, 258 Gitlin, Todd 147, 197-8 Godard, Jean-Luc 31, 50, 93, 103, 180,

190, 200n, 205, 308, 312, 321 Goldberg, Whoopi 65, 291, 295-6, 297 Goodman, Paul 151-3 Grant, Barry Keith 210, 227n Grant, Cary 129-30, 133 Great Depression 1, 9-10, 56, 76-7,

93-4, 113, 134 Grisham, John 70, 85, 86n Guattari, Felix 344 guns 73-5, 93, 103, 183, 193, 309-10,

317, 319

Hell’s Angels 177, 180, 195 Henderson, Brian 49 Herr, Michael 7 Hersey, John 113-14 highways 13, 43n, 86, 90, 143, 147,

151-2, 157-8, 165-6, 175, 180, 183, 193-5, 197, 206-8, 211, 250, 256, 302; autostrada 233, 241-2, 245-6; interstate 34, 134, 140, 180, 187-8, 207; US Route 66 25, 34, 123, 130, 134, 138, 151, 227n

Hill, Lee 4 hippies 4, 177, 179-80, 182-3, 191-2,

198-9, 308; see also counter-culture Hitchcock, Alfred 27, 29, 127 Hitler, Adolf 17-21, 30 home 9, 13, 48, 52, 64-5, 70, 72, 74-5,

80, 82, 85-6, 113-40, 150, 152-7, 171, 173, 212, 249, 251, 264-5, 267, 268n, 271-4, 276-9, 282, 301, 341-5, 349-50, 358, 361, 363

homosexuality 9-10, 12-13, 62-5, 100, 140, 140n, 167, 172, 177, 206, 224-6, 236, 243-5, 262, 273-4, 276-85, 287-95, 307-26, 330-46, 349-50, 357-8, 360; see also sexuality

Hope, Bob 116-17 Hope-Crosby Road to series 8, 42n, 62,

117-22, 133-4, 140n, 224 Hopper, Dennis 3, 4, 35-6, 39, 51, 179,

190, 199n

Howe, Irving 135 hustlers 333-9, 341, 343, 359

I Love Lucy (TV) 68n, 136-8

James, Paul 254-6 Jameson, Fredric 86n, 234-5, 239, 250,

326 Jarmusch, Jim 10, 19, 36-8, 227n Johnson, Lyndon Baines 51

Kaurismaki, Aki 36 Kennedy, John F 157-8, 185 Kerouac, Jack 8, 90, 143, 151, 158, 179,

194, 226; On the Road 6-8, 13, 50, 143, 152-3, 159-60, 180, 200n, 206, 212, 214-15, 217

Kirby, Kathleen 344, 349-50, 354-6, 366

Krutnik, Frank 104n, 121

L’Amour, Louis 46, 50, 54, 67n L’Espresso 238-40, 244, 246 Lacan, Jacques 22, 313, 327n, 362, 366,

369n Laderman, David 3, 93 Lamour, Dorothy 114, 119-20, 122 landscape 1, 34, 66, 137, 166, 171-2,

174, 179, 181-4, 186, 188-95, 199, 206, 249-53, 255-6, 258, 260-3, 276-7, 282, 284, 287, 304n, 311, 325, 355, 363

Leguizamo, John 290, 295 Leonard, Herbert B 144-5, 151,

159-60 Leone, Sergio 46, 52-4, 276 Lewis, Joseph H. 72-6, 84 Lewis, Sinclair 24, 227n

Martin, Dean and Jerry Lewis 138, 224

Marx, Karl 71, 83, 87n masculinity 2-3, 11-13, 45, 47-8, 51,

53-4, 56-7, 60-3, 66, 156, 191, 195, 204-6, 211, 213-15, 222, 224, 226-7, 228n, 236, 245, 258, 321-4, 336, 339, 349-54, 357-63, 366-8; see also gender

mass culture 90, 113-14, 116-18, 122, 124, 133, 135-6, 140, 143, 156, 167, 180, 197, 205, 209, 236, 238

mass media 9, 47, 72-3, 76, 81-4, 97, 100, 183, 193, 221, 255, 259, 267, 296

Mast, Gerald 95, 115 McCrea, Joel 7, 23-4, 124 McNally, Dennis 151, 160 Meyer, Russ 13, 167-77 Miller, George 32, 40, 266 mobile homes 26, 34, 70, 84, 86, 124-5,

136-8, 213 mobility 71, 73-4, 77, 84, 86, 137, 156,

194, 197-8, 233, 235-7, 247, 254-5, 311, 324, 343, 349, 351-7, 359-61, 366-8

modernity 3, 30, 72, 91, 100, 182, 191-2, 194, 233-6, 240, 242-5

Modleski, Tania 296 money 73, 99, 124-5, 169-70, 176, 204,

211-21, 223-4; see also capitalism; economics

Morris, Meaghan 250, 256, 257-8, 267 Morrison, Toni 291 Morse, Margaret 250 motels 90, 95, 97, 99, 101, 155, 190,

195, 216-18, 225 motorcycles 2-3, 8, 22, 35, 52, 166,

169, 173-5, 179-80, 189-90, 193, 195, 197, 200n, 214, 256-8

MTV 67, 68n, 84, 102, 177, 291 musical 2, 13, 90-103, 115-16, 121, 281

nationhood: America 1-3, 11, 13, 22, 26, 35, 45-8, 52, 55, 66, 78, 84, 113-15, 118, 122, 124, 127, 131, 136, 139-40, 145, 151, 154, 158-9, 180-99, 210; Australia 12-13, 249-67, 272-4, 283, 353; Italy 12-13, 233-48; Nazi Germany 21

O’Regan, Tom 258-9 Oedipus complex 2, 236, 241, 336, 341,

343, 361, 363, 365, 367-8 outlaws 2, 9-10, 175, 207, 213, 307,

317, 322-3, 325; see also couples: outlaw

Pasolini, Pier Paolo 233, 236, 241-4 patriarchy 63-6, 70, 87n, 173, 205-6,

208, 211, 215, 220, 224, 226, 321, 326, 331-3, 341-2, 344, 350, 352-4, 356-8, 360-2, 366-8

Penn, Arthur 76-8, 80-2 Phoenix, River 334, 337-8 politics 18-19, 25, 27-8, 30, 36, 38, 41,

70, 76, 80, 87n-8n, 131, 133, 183, 187, 192, 197-8, 238-40, 242, 257, 262, 273, 290, 292, 302-4, 313, 322, 352, 357-8, 366

Pop Art 182, 184, 192-7 popular culture see mass culture populism 3, 8, 19, 76-7, 80, 128, 134,

183, 234, 274 post-colonialism 249, 251-3, 255, 263 post-modernism 14, 70, 100, 226, 235,

239, 241, 250-1, 256, 309, 311, 313, 321, 345, 354

Poynter, James 208, 217 Production Code 73-5, 92, 128, 335

race 12-13, 34, 36, 49, 51, 62-3, 65, 77-9, 88n, 96, 114-15, 123, 125, 132, 140, 166, 183, 185-7, 191-4, 225-6, 227n, 254, 262, 277-84, 287-304, 304n, 307, 312, 321-4, 356

rainbows 25, 65, 122, 128, 189, 272, 341

Ray, Robert 50, 190 Reagan, Ronald 2, 179, 205, 207-10 rednecks 4, 10, 57, 183, 193, 278 Reeves, Keanu 334, 337-8 Riefenstahl, Leni 20-1, 29-30 Road to series see Hope-Crosby Road to

Series Rohdie, Sam 252-3 Roosevelt, Franklin D. 18 Rotundo, Anthony 214-15, 221 Route 66 (TV) 8, 12-13, 134, 143-60;

and other “road” television 160; and Wagon Train 144, 146

Rummey, Ariane 250-1, 255 RuPaul 291 Rushdie, Salman 272

Schatz, Thomas 92, 102

Second World War 17-19, 50-1, 113-17, 121, 125, 131, 135, 239, 316, 343; and postwar period 2, 6, 30, 34, 73-4, 78, 88n, 103, 130-1, 134-5, 156, 239, 252, 264, 343

Sedgwick, Eve K. 172-3, 224 sexuality 12-13, 22, 27-8, 73, 76,

79-80, 86, 130-3, 140, 165-6, 171, 173-4, 176-7, 179, 214, 239, 241-5, 254, 277-9, 287, 289, 291-2, 294, 299-300, 302, 312-13, 316-18, 320, 323, 326, 332, 338, 344-5, 350, 352, 354-6, 358, 361, 367, 368n; see also gender; homosexuality

Sharrett, Christopher 250, 255, 262 Shirer, William 17-18, 20 show business 13, 90-103, 113-40,

141n Silliphant, Stirling 134, 144-6, 149, 151,

156, 158-60, 161n Silverman, Kaja 316, 319, 350-1 Smith, Paul 46, 50, 53-4 Snipes, Wesley 290, 295 space 5, 13, 92-3, 166, 188, 193, 206,

214, 234, 240-1, 245-7, 249-51, 254-8, 263-4, 266, 303, 325, 349-68

speed 1, 7, 75, 81, 86, 87n, 156, 176, 194, 207, 212, 214-15, 233, 240, 256, 258, 350

Steele, Robert 78-9 Steinbeck, John 24, 160 Stich, Sidra 194, 197 Stone, Oliver 9, 39, 70, 73, 80-4, 106n,

209 Sturges, Preston 19, 22, 24, 27, 34, 39,

43n, 125, 141n Swayze, Patrick 290, 295-6

technology 1, 3, 9, 18, 20, 30, 39-40, 60-1, 67, 70-1, 93, 97, 137, 187, 193, 201n, 217, 237, 246, 250, 254-6, 258, 260-3, 265-6, 268n, 288, 293

Tompkins, Jane 47, 53-4, 67n

Turner, Lana 129-30 Turner, Tina 263-6 Twain, Mark 160

USO 113, 115-17, 119, 121, 128, 139-40

utopia 3-4, 6, 13, 88n, 113, 116-17, 121-3, 125, 127, 133, 137, 139-40, 195, 213, 249, 258, 277, 284, 288, 297-9, 318, 320, 322, 325-6; see also dystopia

Van Sant, Gus 308, 330-2, 337-9, 341, 351, 357, 359, 360, 367

Vietnam War 2, 47, 51, 57, 143, 148, 157-8, 161n, 169, 177, 185, 195, 201n

Vigo, Jean 27-30, 32, 33 violence 9-10, 54, 70-1, 74-7, 81-2,

86, 95, 100, 165, 169-70, 174, 176-7, 179, 182-4, 187, 197-8, 201n, 212, 257, 259, 309, 317, 326

Warhol, Andy 194-6, 308, 312, 317, 338, 346n

Waugh, Thomas 331, 333, 338 Wayne, John 46-9, 52, 67n, 106n, 129,

137, 222 Wenders, Wim 10, 19, 31-4, 37-8, 44n,

210, 294, 351, 357, 361, 363, 368 Westerns 1-3, 12, 21, 44n, 45-58,

60-2, 64, 66-7, 93, 95, 102, 106n, 145, 148, 154, 180, 183, 189-2, 199, 210, 268n, 276, 295, 299, 311

Wexman, Virginia Wright 46 Wojnarowicz, David 315-16, 330 Wood, Robin 9, 95, 215, 224

yuppies 34, 79, 89n, 204, 206-7, 209-14, 216, 218-21, 223, 225-6

Zavarzadeh, Mas’ud 116 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 50 Zizek, Slavoj 238, 315