Almost, but Not Quite Bored in Pula

An Anthropological Study of the Tapija Phenomenon in Northwest Croatia
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-80073-135-6
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 345 g

Reihe: European Anthropology in Translation

Based on interviews and fieldwork conducted among residents of Pula, a coastal city in Northwestern Croatia, this study explores various aspects of a local feeling of boredom. This is mirrored in the term tapija, a word of Turkish origin describing a property deed, and in Pula’s urban slang it has morphed from its original sense describing a set of affective states into one of lameness, loneliness, unwillingness, and irony. Combining lively conversations with a significant bibliography of the topic, the result is a compelling local anthropological study of boredom in a wider historical and global context.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mato¿evi¿, Andrea

Matoševic, Andrea

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialisation, Soziale Interaktion, Sozialer Wandel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

Preface to the English Translation    

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. On Tapija: An Ethnography of the City’s Imponderables

Chapter 2. Boredom, or the City Yawns

Chapter 3. On Dominant Articulations and Reaches of Tapija

Conclusion

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Matoševic, Andrea
Andrea Matoševic is an associate professor at the Faculty of Humanities and one of the founders and researchers at the Centre for Culturological and Historical Research of Socialism, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula (Croatia).