Vol. 42 No. 4 (1994)
Research Article

Changing Names on Peruvian Trucks

PDF
  • James S. Kus
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/nam.1994.42.4.235

Published 1994-12-01

Copyright (c) 1994 Maney

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Abstract

Peruvian trucks often carry a distinctive name, usually painted on the front of the vehicle. These names show distinctive regional patterns, particularly between more “conservative” (rural and Andean) and more “progressive” (urban) parts of the country. Ten years of personal observations and interviews with truck owners and drivers provided names and information on the reasons individual truck names may have been chosen or changed.

PDF

References

  1. Bolton, Ralph. “Machismo in Motion: The Ethos of Peruvian Truckers.” Ethos 1 (1979):312–343.
  2. Bolton, Ralph and Richard Ameral. “Ecuadorian Truck Names: A Collection and Classification.” El Dorado 2 (1977):55–67.
  3. Carlson, Gunnar. “Inscriptions on Vehicles.” Diss. University of California, Irvine, 1980.
  4. Edmonson, Munro. “The Mexican Truck Driver.” Contemporary Latin American Culture. Tulane University Middle American Research Institute Publication 25 (1968):75–88.
  5. Farfán Ayerbe, José. “Onomastica de Vehiculos.” Folklore Americana 5 (1957): 140–154.
  6. Giffords, Gloria. “Soul of the Mexican Trucker.” El Palacio 87 :3–17.
  7. Golley, Frank. “Bus Names in Costa Rica.” Western Folklore 38(1978):58–60.
  8. Harris, Moria. Art on the Road: Painted Vehicles of the Americas. St. Paul: Pogo Press,1988.
  9. Harris, Moria. “Artistic License.” Natural History (1988):45–48.
  10. Jaquith, James. “Cawboy [sic] de Medianoche — Mexican Highway Folklore.” The New Scholar 5 (1976):39–78.
  11. Jimenez, A. Picardia Mexicana. Mexico City: Editores Mexicanos Unidos,various editions.
  12. Kus, James S. “Peruvian Religious Truck Names.” Names 27 (1979):179–187.
  13. Kus, James S. “Onomastica de Camiones en el Peru.” Boletin de Lima 20 :11–17.
  14. La Farge, Grant. Faith in God and Full Speed Ahead. Santa Fe: Sunstone Press,1985.
  15. Rojas Samanez, Gonzalo. “El Camionero Literario.” Caretas, No. 732 (1983):66–67.
  16. Wilkinson, Mary Louise. “Panama's Moving Murals.” Americas 39 (1987):44–47.

Most read articles by the same author(s)