On wings of diesel : trucks, identity and culture in Pakistan

Resource Added For The Economics 10-809-195 Courses. Resource Added For The Automotive Technology Program 106023. Beginnings -- History Of A Dystopic Utopia -- Education And Boundaries Of Class -- Trucks And Transportation -- Trucks, Truckers, And Society -- Truck Design And An Artisanal Trade -- Structure, Motif, And Meaning -- Religion, Identity, And Trucks -- Meaning, Modernity, And Shifting Signifiers -- Truck Design, Art, And Agency -- Appendix : Truck Verse. Jamal J. Elias. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 235-243) And Index. "Lavishly illustrated throughout with the author's own stunning photographs, On Wings of Diesel takes us on a mesmerising journey into the world of Pakistan truck decoration. Jamal J. Elias draws on years of extensive field research to offer a deeply insightful introduction to this intriguing decorative tradition and those involved in it. Examining the wider significance of the practice as well as the trucks themselves, Elias demonstrates how these artworks on wheels provide a unique window into Pakistan's complex society through which its art, culture, and religion can be explored in an exciting and highly original way." This book examines the practice of truck decoration in Pakistani culture and how it provides a window into Pakistan's society in which art, culture, and religion are expressed in original ways