A row of fine tractors is treated with the same reverence as totemic fetishes in pre-industrial agrarian communities - the quasi-religious awe has been translated.
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
A cult following among aficionados
At the weekend a Tractor Fair was held locally. Tractors inspire a cult following among aficionados, with interest ranging from the practical and mechanical, through the historical, to the more esoteric cultural and economic impact (ie a farmer teaching his black workers to drive a tractor to the scorn of his pro-apartheid neighbours in the film Cry The Beloved Country). The Guardian yesterday carried a piece on the novel A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka (tipped to win the Orange fiction prize).
A row of fine tractors is treated with the same reverence as totemic fetishes in pre-industrial agrarian communities - the quasi-religious awe has been translated.
A row of fine tractors is treated with the same reverence as totemic fetishes in pre-industrial agrarian communities - the quasi-religious awe has been translated.
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