Fixing Motorcycles in Post-Repair Societies | Technology, Aesthetics and Gender

Gabriel Jderu

ISBN 10: 1807580296 / ISBN 13: 9781807580292

Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2026

Fixing Motorcycles in Post-Repair Societies | Technology, Aesthetics and Gender | Gabriel Jderu | Taschenbuch | Politics of Repair | Englisch | 2026 | Berghahn Books | EAN 9781807580292 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 135875155

Inhaltsangabe:

Most social science studies on automobility have focused on the production, usage, identity construction and aesthetic improvements of personal means of transportation. What happens if we shift the focus to the labour, knowledge and social relations that go into the unavoidable moments of maintenance and repair? Taking motorcycling in Romania as an ethnographic entry point, this book documents how bikers handle the inevitable moments of malfunction and breakdown. Using both mobile and sedentary research methods, the book describes the joys and troubles experienced by amateur mechanics, professional mechanics and untechnical men and women when fixing bikes.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Gabriel Jderu is a sociology professor, ethnographer, and, since 2012, a certified mechanic. He teaches Research Methods and The Sociology of the Body at the Department of Sociology, University of Bucharest, Romania.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Fixing Motorcycles in Post-Repair Societies ...
Verlag: Berghahn Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
Einband: Taschenbuch
Zustand: Neu