[en] Would you buy flowers at the petrol station? This presentation examines the petrol station trope and its oscillation between site (a space where people interact) and sign or cultural signifier. It presents the result of the empirical study carried out in the interdisciplinary research project 'IDENT2 - Strategies of Regionalisation: Constructing Identity Across Borders', and examines the transformation of the physical 'petrol station' into a 'code' that is actively used as a qualifier in popular culture and in everyday life situations.
Disciplines :
Arts & sciences humaines: Multidisciplinaire, généralités & autres
Auteur, co-auteur :
PRÜM, Agnès ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Identités, Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces (IPSE)
Langue du document :
Anglais
Titre :
What happened to the Gas Station?
Date de publication/diffusion :
14 janvier 2016
Nom de la manifestation :
Trier Centrum für Amerikastudien: Gastvorträge
Organisateur de la manifestation :
Universität Trier
Lieu de la manifestation :
Trier, Allemagne
Date de la manifestation :
14-01-2016
Manifestation à portée :
International
Focus Area :
Multilingualism and Intercultural Studies
Intitulé du projet de recherche :
IDENT2 - Strategies of Regionalisation: Constructing Identity Across Borders
