Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/1765
Title: Fortune-telling as a leisure activity
Authors: Ati̇k, Deniz
Aktan, Damla
cam, Ece
Keywords: Fortune-telling
fun
hope
therapy
leisure
Consumer
Benefits
Publisher: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd
Abstract: The growing fortune-telling practices in Izmir, Turkey, represent a remarkable leisure consumption trend in the modern age that values rational thinking. Considering the lack of research about the topic in leisure studies, this study sheds light to the inspirations of consumers for seeking fortune-tellers and how fortune-telling experience affect them. Through a qualitative inquiry, 15 in-depth interviews were conducted with participants from various backgrounds among whom 12 were female consumers and 3 fortune-tellers. The findings show that many people seek the services of fortune-tellers for fun and socializing and finding hope for a better future while others substitute this experience with therapy. We find that fortune-telling as a leisure activity contributes to consumers' well-being positively.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1080/16078055.2021.1919921
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/1765
ISSN: 1607-8055
2333-4509
Appears in Collections:Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection
WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection

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