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

By Gabriel Jderu

Taking motorcycling in Romania as an ethnographic entry point, this book documents how bikers handle the inevitable moment 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 male and females when fixing bikes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1807580296
• ISBN13: 9781807580292
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"