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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

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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