{"product_id":"fixing-motorcycles-in-post-repair-societies-technology-aesthetics-and-gender-9781800738775","title":"Fixing Motorcycles in Post-Repair Societies:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tMost 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“A welcome addition to a host of areas of academic study, including, but not limited to the transformation of an analogue to a digital world and how that change has affected economies, social structures, gender relations and concepts of personal identity.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Steven Alford\u003c\/strong\u003e, Nova Southeastern University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The book draws attention to an overlooked area of mobility studies—repair and maintenance. It inventively demonstrates the social and political dimensions of technology and is especially attentive to gender distinctions and differences.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Suzanne Ferriss\u003c\/strong\u003e, Nova Southeastern University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: \u003c\/strong\u003eFixing Motorcycles in Post-repair Societies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Shifting Frames of Motorcycling Maintenance and Repair in Romania\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Maintenance and Repair Work in a Repair Society\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Digitization of Motorcycling, Post-repair Society and A-technical Bikers\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Female Bikers and the Barriers to Motorcycling\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Women Who Repair Bikes: Gender and Repair Networks\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Post-repair Pedagogies: A-technical Bikers and Retro-repair\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/strong\u003e From the repair society to post-repair subjectivities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042752528727,"sku":"9781800738775","price":80.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800738775.jpg?v=1750955475","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fixing-motorcycles-in-post-repair-societies-technology-aesthetics-and-gender-9781800738775","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}