Narratives of fear and safety

"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 thr...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaukiainen, Kaisa
Other Authors: Kurikka, Kaisa, Mäkelä, Hanna, Nykänen, Elise
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tampere Tampere University Press 2020
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 03025nma a2200469 u 4500
001 EB001988441
003 EBX01000000000000001151343
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 210512 ||| eng
020 |a 9789523590144 
100 1 |a Kaukiainen, Kaisa 
245 0 0 |a Narratives of fear and safety  |h Elektronische Ressource 
260 |a Tampere  |b Tampere University Press  |c 2020 
300 |a 1 electronic resource (544 p.) 
653 |a Africa 
653 |a catastrophes 
653 |a affects 
653 |a safety 
653 |a traumas 
653 |a comparative literature 
653 |a dystopias 
653 |a cultural policy 
653 |a fiction 
653 |a cinematic art 
653 |a literary research 
653 |a fear 
653 |a ecocriticism 
653 |a cultural studies 
653 |a Europe 
653 |a Literary studies: postcolonial literature / bicssc 
700 1 |a Kurikka, Kaisa 
700 1 |a Mäkelä, Hanna 
700 1 |a Nykänen, Elise 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b DOAB  |a Directory of Open Access Books 
500 |a Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ 
856 4 2 |u https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/32008  |z DOAB: description of the publication 
856 4 0 |u https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/41530/1/Narratives_of_Fear_and_Safety_2020.pdf  |7 0  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 800 
082 0 |a 700 
520 |a "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."