In this ethnography of contemporary youth culture in Iran's capital, Shahram Khosravi examines the practices of everyday life through which young Tehranis demonstrate defiance against the official culture and the parental generation.
The author, a Professor of Anthropology at Stockholm University, explores themes of youth defiance and border experiences in his works. His notable titles include "Young and Defiant in Tehran," which delves into the lives of Tehran's youth, and "Illegal" Traveller: An Auto-Ethnography of Borders," which offers a personal perspective on the challenges faced by those navigating borders. Khosravi's insights shed light on cultural and social dynamics in contemporary contexts.
Waiting is an inescapable part of life in modern societies. We all wait, albeit differently and for different reasons. Waiting is a particular experience of time, shaped by class, race, and gender. In modern societies, time is associated with success and money. It can be "counted, saved, spent, lost, wasted or invested". Hence waiting symbolizes waste, emptiness, and uselessness. What does it mean to wait for a long period of time? How do people narrate their waiting? The book is a combination of text and images, by scholars, artists, architects, and curators whose works deal with waiting in various situations and geographies.