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dc.contributor.editorKaukiainen, Kaisa
dc.contributor.editorKurikka, Kaisa
dc.contributor.editorMäkelä, Hanna
dc.contributor.editorNykänen, Elise
dc.contributor.editorNyqvist, Sanna
dc.contributor.editorRaipola, Juha
dc.contributor.editorRiippa, Anne
dc.contributor.editorSamola, Hanna
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-31T09:15:41Z
dc.date.available2020-08-31T09:15:41Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.isbn9789523590144en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/41530
dc.description.abstract"The essays in this edited volume, written in English and French, tackle the intriguing problems of fear and safety by analysing their various meanings and manifestations in literature and other narrative media. The articles bring forth new, cross-cultural interpretations on fear and safety through examining what kinds of genre-specific means of world-making narratives use to express these two affectivities. The articles also show how important it is to study these themes in order to understand challenges in times of global threats, such as the climate crisis, and – to imagine a better future. The main themes of the book are approached from various theoretical perspectives as related to their literary and cultural representations. Recent trends in research, such as affect and risk theory, serve as the basis for the discussion. Many of the articles in the volume discuss apocalyptic and dystopian narratives that currently permeate the entire cultural landscape. Dystopian narratives do not only deal with future threats, such as totalitarianism, technocracy, or environmental disasters, but also suggest alternative ways of being and new hopes in the form of political resistance. The articles in the volume also draw from disciplines such as gender studies and trauma studies to examine the threats posed by collective fears and aggression on individuals’ lives and propose ways of coping with fear. These themes are addressed also in articles analysing new adaptations of old myths that retell stories of the past."en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.languageFrench
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000::DSBH5 Literary studies: postcolonial literatureen_US
dc.subject.otherliterary researchen_US
dc.subject.othercomparative literatureen_US
dc.subject.othercultural studiesen_US
dc.subject.otherfictionen_US
dc.subject.othercinematic arten_US
dc.subject.othercultural policyen_US
dc.subject.otherfearen_US
dc.subject.othersafetyen_US
dc.subject.otheraffectsen_US
dc.subject.othertraumasen_US
dc.subject.otherdystopiasen_US
dc.subject.othercatastrophesen_US
dc.subject.otherecocriticismen_US
dc.subject.otherEuropeen_US
dc.subject.otherAfricaen_US
dc.titleNarratives of fear and safetyen_US
dc.typebook
oapen.relation.isPublishedBya58c317d-aa1d-4cda-913b-073587647c91en_US
oapen.pages544en_US
oapen.place.publicationTampereen_US
oapen.remark.public21-12-2020 - No DOI registered in CrossRef for ISBN 9789523590151
oapen.remark.publicFunder: Kone Foundation


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