Waiting: a Project in Conversation

by Adania, Shibli Alessandro, Petti Bani, Abidi Basma, Abdel Aziz Faith, Wilding Golrokh, Nafisi Gunilla, Lundahl Hayfaa, Chalabi Hoda, Afshar Jenny, Richards Khosravi, Shahram Majd Abdel, Hamid Mirko, Nikolić Omar, Berrada Omid, Mehrgan Omid, Tofighian Salvatore, Porcaro Sandi, Hilal Sepideh, Karami Shahram, Khosravi Tings, Chak

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Waiting is an inescapable part of life in modern societies. We all wait, albeit differently and for different reasons. Waiting is a particular experience of time, shaped by class, race, and gender. In modern societies, time is associated with success and money. It can be "counted, saved, spent, lost, wasted or invested". Hence waiting symbolizes waste, emptiness, and uselessness. What does it mean to wait for a long period of time? How do people narrate their waiting? The book is a combination …

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Full title :Waiting : a Project in Conversation / edited by Shahram Khosravi.

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Publication Date:©2021

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Publisher(s):Transcript Verlag
Place of Publication:Bielefeld
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2021

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Description:1 online resource (188 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783839454589, 3839454581
DOI:10.14361/9783839454589
oclc:on1233041159
LC Classification:HM656
Dewey Decimal:304.23

Subjects

Art cultural anthropology Cultural studies Culture Ethnologie Ethnology Human Migration Philosophical anthropology Philosophy of time SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology Sociologie Sociology Temps -- Aspect social Time -- Social aspects Visual Culture

Writers

Adania, Shibli Alessandro, Petti Bani, Abidi Basma, Abdel Aziz Faith, Wilding Golrokh, Nafisi Gunilla, Lundahl Hayfaa, Chalabi Hoda, Afshar Jenny, Richards Khosravi, Shahram Majd Abdel, Hamid Mirko, Nikolić Omar, Berrada Omid, Mehrgan Omid, Tofighian Salvatore, Porcaro Sandi, Hilal Sepideh, Karami Shahram, Khosravi Tings, Chak