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'Working With Affect In Feminist Readings: Disturbing Differences' Explores The Place And Function Of Affect In Feminist Knowledge Production, Investigating What It Means To Work With And Through Affect, As Well As The Kinds Of Ethical And Methodological Challenges That This Involves.--publisher's Information. An Affective Turn?: Reimagining The Subject Of Feminist Theory / Anu Koivunen -- Creating Disturbance: Feminism, Happiness And Affective Differences / Sara Ahmed -- A Sense Of Play: Affect, Emotion, And Embodiment In World Of Warcraft / Jenny Sundén -- Disturbing, Fleshy Texts: Close Looking At Pornography / Susanna Paasonen -- Expanding Laughter: Affective Viewing, Body Image Incongruity And Fat Actress / Katariina Kyrölä -- Daughters Of Privilege: Class, Sexuality, Affect And The Gilmore Girls / Leena-maija Rossi -- Differences Disturbing Identity: Deleuze And Feminism / Elizabeth Grosz -- Nomadic Bodies, Transformative Spaces: Affective Encounters With Indian Spirituality / Johanna Ahonen -- Hips Don't Lie: Affective And Kinaesthetic Dance Ethnography / Anu Laukkanen -- Ethics Of Empathy And Reading In Shani Mootoo's Cereus Blooms At Night / Elina Valovirta -- Beyond Redemption? Mobilizing Affect In Feminist Reading / Lynne Pearce -- Crossing The East-west Divide: Feminist Affective Dialogues / Marianne Liljeström -- Working With Affect In The Corporate University / Melissa Gregg. Edited By Marianne Liljeström And Susanna Paasonen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
This collection investigates how affect functions within feminist knowledge production and the ethical challenges inherent in integrating emotional and embodied responses into academic analysis. Edited by Marianne Liljeström and Susanna Paasonen, the volume brings together diverse scholars to examine the 'affective turn' in contemporary theory. The contributors utilize a range of case studies—from digital gaming and television to literature and dance—to argue that affect is not merely a subjective experience but a critical tool for understanding power, identity, and social difference.
What You Will Find
Scholars and students of gender studies frequently cite this work as a significant contribution to the discourse on affect theory and feminist methodology. Experts highlight the collection's utility in bridging abstract philosophical concepts with concrete, interdisciplinary cultural analysis.
Page Count:
204
Publication Date:
2009-01-01
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN-10:
0203885929
ISBN-13:
9780203885925
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