Almost, but not quite bored in Pula: an anthropological study of the Tapija phenomenon in Northwest Croatia

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...

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Main Author: Matošević, Andrea 1979- (Author)
Other Authors: Hodges, Andrew (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford Berghahn Books [2021]
Series:European anthropology in translation Volume 10
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Online Access:DE-1043
DE-1046
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-473
DE-739
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Summary: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
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Okt 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 110 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781800731363
DOI:10.1515/9781800731363