

Zeynep K. Korkman, "Gendered Fortunes: Divination, Precarity, and Affect in Postsecular Turkey" (Duke UP, 2023)
Oct 5, 2023
Zeynep K. Korkman, author of Gendered Fortunes: Divination, Precarity, and Affect in Postsecular Turkey, discusses how Turkey's fortunetelling cafés provide shelter from societal pressures. She explores the use of divination as a tool for feminist politics, the significance of feeling labor for gender and sexual minorities, and the interplay of gender, labor, affect, and politics in postsecular Turkey.
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Mixed Feelings about a Fortune Teller's Prediction
02:28 • 20min
Exploring Divination, Feminism, and Neoliberalism in Turkey
22:25 • 3min
Divination and Affective Labor: Coping with Neoliberal Precarity
25:37 • 10min
Current Work and Building Solidarity
35:44 • 6min
Gender, Labor, Affect, and Politics in Postsecular Turkey
41:14 • 3min