Fixing Motorcycles in Post-Repair Societies(English, Hardcover, Jderu Gabriel)

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Fixing Motorcycles in Post-Repair Societies(English, Hardcover, Jderu Gabriel) is written by Jderu Gabriel and published by Berghahn Books. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1800738773 (ISBN 10) and 9781800738775 (ISBN 13).

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.