Gendered fortunes divination, precarity, and affect in postsecular Turkey

"Gendered Fortunes approaches the proliferating fortunetelling economy of millennial Turkey as an affective window on the gendered contradictions of (post)secularism, Islamist authoritarianism, and neoliberalism. The book ethnographically details how secular Muslim women and LGBTIQ individuals...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Korkman, Zeynep K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham Duke University Press 2023, 2023
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:"Gendered Fortunes approaches the proliferating fortunetelling economy of millennial Turkey as an affective window on the gendered contradictions of (post)secularism, Islamist authoritarianism, and neoliberalism. The book ethnographically details how secular Muslim women and LGBTIQ individuals navigate their secular anxieties, gendered vulnerabilities, and economic precarities through divination."--
Physical Description:xi, 276 pages illustrations
ISBN:9781478016908
1478016906