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Waiting: A Project in Conversation

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Availability:In StockContributor:Shahram Khosravi (Editor)Series:Culture & TheoryPublish date:2021-01-19Pages:190
Language:EnglishPublisher:Transcript PublishingISBN-13:9783837654585ISBN-10:3837654583UPC:9783837654585Book Category:Social Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Popular CultureBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.41 inchesWeight:0.5798Product ID:SCNH12P76B

Waiting is an inescapable part of life in modern societies. We all wait, albeit differently and for different reasons. What does it mean to wait for a long period of time? How do people narrate their waiting?

Waiting is about the senses. If you do not sense it, there is no waiting. We sense waiting in the form of boredom, despair, anxiety and restlessness, but also anticipation and hope. Prolonged waiting is like insomnia ─ a state of wakefulness, a kind of mood, an emotional state. But it is also about politics; affecting and affected by gender, citizenship, class, and race.

Blending ethnography, philosophy, poetry, art, and fiction, this book is a collection of works by scholars, visual artists, writers, architects and curators, exploring different forms of waiting in diverse geographical contexts, and the enduring effects of history, power, class, and coloniality.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Transcript PublishingISBN-13:9783837654585ISBN-10:3837654583UPC:9783837654585Book Category:Social Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Popular CultureBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.41 inchesWeight:0.5798Product ID:SCNH12P76B
Shahram Khosravi is a professor of social anthropology at Stockholm University. His research interests include anthropology of Iran and the Middle East, migration, forced displacement, and border studies.
Publisher: Transcript Publishing

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