Yetişkin Olarak Eyleme ve Bekleme: Geç Kapitalizmde Yapma, Hissetme ve Olma

Year 2021, Issue: 41-42, 1 - 23, 26.11.2021

Deborah Durham

Abstract

Bu makale yetişkinlik ile olma durumu ve bir dizi pratik anlamında “yetişkin olarak eyleme” arasında bir ayrım yapmaktadır. Botswana’da gençlik ve yetişkinlik üzerine yapılan bir alan araştırmasına ve daha genel olarak küresel düzeyde gençlik, “bekleme dönemi” ve muğlak sınırları olan yetişkinlik üzerine yazılmış literatüre dayanan bu makale, bir performans ve performatif olarak yetişkin olarak eyleme fikrini araştırır. Bununla birlikte, makale her iki kavramın da yetişkinliği kazanmaya dair günümüzdeki endişeler içinde başarısız olmuş benlik duygusuna eğilip eğilmediğini sorgulamaktadır. Makale, sonrasında, “yetişkin hissetme” ve duygu pazarlama ve hisseden benlik ile birlikte onun geç kapitalizmdeki başarısızlıklarına yer vermektedir.

Keywords

Yetişkinlik, Gençlik, Bekleme Dönemi, Afrika, Geç Kapitalizm, Hisler

ADULTING AND WAITING: DOING, FEELING AND BEING IN LATE CAPITALISM

Abstract

This article distinguishes between adulthood and "adulting," a state of being and a set of practices, or doing. Based on field research on youth and adulthood in Botswana and more generally on literature about youth, "waithood," and elusive adulthood globally, the article explores the idea of adulting as a performance and as a performative, but questions whether either addresses the failed sense of self in current anxieties about attaining adulthood. The article then situates "feeling adult" and its failures in late capitalism, with its marketization of emotion and the feeling self.

Keywords

Adulthood, Youth, Waithood, Africa, Late Capitalism, Feelings

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