Language:
Turkish
Pages:
1 online resource (23 min.).
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002324
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web.
Series Statement:
Ethnographic video online, volume 2
Keywords:
European Union
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European Union Membership.
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Fortune-telling by coffee grounds.
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Turkey Politics and government.
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France
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Documentary films.
Abstract:
Coffee Futures weaves individual fortunes with the story of Turkey's decades-long attempts to become a member of the European Union. Promises and predictions made by politicians, both foreign and domestic, are juxtaposed with the rhetorics and practices of coffee fortune telling. The widespread custom of coffee fortune telling in Turkey is an everyday communication tool. Coffee fortunes are a way of dealing with hopes, fears and worries, as well as a method of indirectly voicing matters usually left unspoken. Like any language, this narrative form has its protocols, rules and tropes; yet each fortune bears distinct marks of the teller's personal style and the individual fortune seeker's condition.
Note:
Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014).
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Recorded in Turkey.
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Previously released as DVD.
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This edition in Turkish with French and English subtitles.
URL:
http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?ANTH;2067739
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