The Power of Vulnerability ― Mobilising Affect in Feminist, Queer and Anti-racist Media Cultures

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.

Anu Koivunen is Professor of Cinema Studies (Department of Media Studies) at Stockholm University, Sweden
Katariina Kyrola is Lecturer in Gender Studies at Abo Akademi University, Finland
Ingrid Ryberg is Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies at Gothenburg University, Sweden