Almost, But Not Quite Bored in Pula

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.

About the author

Andrea Matošević 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).

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.

Product details

• Authors: Andrea Mato¿evi¿, Andrea Matosevic, Andrea Matošević, Matosevic Andrea
• Publisher: External catalogues_UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781800731356
• ISBN: 978-1-80073-135-6
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 11 mm
• Series: European Anthropology in Trans; European Anthropology in Translation
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Croatia, Istria, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social groups, Social and cultural anthropology, Social groups, communities and identities, Anthropology (General); Sociology