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Young Men, Time, and Boredom in the Republic of Georgia

Author(s): Martin Frederiksen (Author)

Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication Date: May 17, 2013
Language: English
Print length: 216 pages
ISBN-10: 1439909180
ISBN-13: 9781439909188

Book Description

An in-depth look at urban youth in the Republic of Georgia offering new perspectives on how time and marginality are interlinked

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“The events are presented in chronological order as they happened during the course of the year that the author spent in the field. This allows for dramaturgy and for the reader to fully accompany the unfolding of events …. This monograph really takes readers into the field, and its characters become fully alive. This cannot be praised enough….. This seminal book introduces a whole new approach to Caucasus studies and will greatly impact the future of this discipline in the coming years.”
—Caucasus Survey

“Frederiksen describes the balance between the forms of creative work pursued by his informants against the imagined (and real) forces of the ‘dark side’ of Batumi, which consists in part of organized crime, drugs, alcohol, frustration and boredom…. Frederiksen alternates between two primary narrative modes: in-depth, nuanced accounts of the lives of his informants, and theory-minded discussions of ruins, temporality, and the fragility of masculinity in post-Soviet space…. Scholars of cultural anthropology will enjoy this provocative and stylistically compelling monograph.”
—Anthropos

From the Back Cover

“Riveting. Young Men, Time, and Boredom in the Republic of Georgia develops stimulating ideas about temporal disjunctures and marginalization and adds significantly to the literature on post-Soviet states while providing an important study of youth. Frederiksen’s interweaving of ethnographic narrative with ethnological analysis and interpretation is elegant and vivid, and his fresh approach provides new understanding.”
—Deborah Durham, Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at Sweet Briar College“Young Men, Time, and Boredom in the Republic of Georgia is a really interesting, gripping, ethnographic narrative about boredom and despair. The innovative theoretical perspectives on ruins, haunting, time, and temporality are all presented with a light touch that never moves far from the reality that inspires them and that they illuminate. Frederiksen generates endless surprises and immense insights: abjection, despair, deprivation, and boredom are not simple things as a simple realist exposition would have them. They are generated at the boundaries of realities and imaginaries, localities and elsewhere–a present that is shot through with the haunting of pasts and futures. This book is fascinating, thought provoking, and illuminating.”
—Paul Manning, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Trent University

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Young Men, Time, and Boredom in the Republic of Georgia

Young Men, Time, and Boredom in the Republic of Georgia

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