Narratives Of Fear And Safety

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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. Hanna Samola......Page 12 I Cultural politics of fear and safety......Page 34 Anne Duprat......Page 36 Anna Notaro......Page 60 Serafina Martins......Page 92 II Fear and safety across genres......Page 114 Maria Laakso......Page 116 Orlane Glises De La Rivière......Page 138 Cristiana Pugliese......Page 156 Brigitte Le Juez......Page 180 III Cultural and transcultural perspectives on fear and safety......Page 200 Olga Szmidt......Page 202 Tatiana Krol......Page 230 Nora Moll......Page 250 Beata Waligórska-Olejniczak......Page 270 Metka Zupančič......Page 290 IV Coping with fear......Page 316 Lisa DeTora......Page 318 Nathalie Ségeral......Page 342 Jean-Marc Moura......Page 364 Jasmin Hammon......Page 380 V The end of the world? From cultural ecologies to ecological disasters......Page 406 Sam La Védrine......Page 408 Laure Lévêque......Page 440 Sabine Kraenker......Page 462 Sandra Contamina......Page 490 Abstracts......Page 504 Contributors......Page 540