Ethnographies of waiting doubt, hope and uncertainty
"We all wait -- in traffic jams, passport offices, school meal queues, for better weather, an end to fighting, peace. Time spent waiting produces hope, boredom, anxiety, doubt, or uncertainty. Ethnographies of Waiting explores the social phenomenon of waiting and its centrality in human society...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, UK ; New York, NY, USA :
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc
2018.
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| Edición: | 1 ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009421109906719 |
| Sumario: | "We all wait -- in traffic jams, passport offices, school meal queues, for better weather, an end to fighting, peace. Time spent waiting produces hope, boredom, anxiety, doubt, or uncertainty. Ethnographies of Waiting explores the social phenomenon of waiting and its centrality in human society. Using waiting as a central analytical category, the book investigates how waiting is negotiated in myriad ways. Examining the politics and poetics of waiting, Ethnographies of Waiting offers fresh perspectives on waiting as the uncertain interplay between doubting and hoping, and asks "When is time worth the wait?" Waiting thus conceived is intrinsic to the ethnographic method at the heart of the anthropological enterprise. Featuring detailed ethnographies from Japan, Georgia, England, Ghana, Norway, Russia and the United States, a Foreword by Craig Jeffrey and an Afterword by Ghassan Hage, this is a vital contribution to the field of anthropology of time and essential reading for students and scholars in anthropology, sociology and philosophy."--Bloomsbury Publishing. |
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| Notas: | "First published 2018 by Bloomsbury Academic." |
| Descripción Física: | XVI, 212 s. ill Also issued in print |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781003085317 9781000183764 9781000180527 9781474280273 9781474280303 9781474280297 |
