The Power of Vulnerability
Mobilising Affect in Feminist, Queer and Anti-Racist Media Cultures
Anu Koivunen editor Katariina Kyrölä editor Ingrid Ryberg editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Manchester University Press
Published:21st Dec '18
Should be back in stock very soon
This book investigates the new language of vulnerability that has emerged in feminist, queer and antiracist debates on media, taking a particular interest in the historical legacies and contemporary forms and effects of this language. Contributors such as Jack Halberstam and Sara Ahmed examine how vulnerability has become a battleground, how affect and vulnerability have turned into a politicised currency both for addressing and obscuring asymmetries of power, and how media activism and state policies address so-called vulnerable groups. Taking on such heated topics as trigger warnings and diversity policies, the book will be of interest to scholars and students in media and cultural studies, affect theory, gender studies, queer theory and critical race studies.
An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.
ISBN: 9781526133090
Dimensions: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
Weight: 585g
264 pages