Autorentext

Elena Ogliari is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Milan. Her work explores Revolutionary Ireland, Irish nationalism, and the geographies of remembrance. She has published on Irish fiction and periodicals, manages Geolitterae's website, serves on ESPRit-its Advisory Board, and is publishing on contemporary Irish poetry.

Anna Pasolini is an Associate Professor of English at Università San Raffaele Roma. Her research explores gendered and intersectional identities in contemporary literature and popular narratives. She has published on Angela Carter, Jeanette Winterson, Bernardine Evaristo, and Derek Raymond, and is the co-editor-in chief of the journal Altre Modernità.

Carla Tempestoso is research fellow in English Literature at the University of Calabria. Her research focuses on Bluestocking Circle women writers from literary and digital perspectives. She is editor-in-chief of Margins. Her research spans English literature, gender, migration, and digital humanities.

Klappentext

It brings together scholars from literature, linguistics, and media studies to explore how storytelling can confront complex issues such as marginalisation, bodily autonomy, and posthuman relations-making it relevant across disciplines and especially engaging for readers seeking new ways to think about social transformation.

Inhalt

List of Contributors

"Introduction"

Elena Ogliari, Anna Pasolini, and Carla Tempestoso

1. "Postcolonial Lagos. Voices from the Brink" Nicoletta Vallorani

1. "'More than Women': Unveiling Complex Bodies and Exploring Gender Dynamics in The Blood of the Vampire and The Great God Pan" Carla Tempestoso

1. "Irony as Defiance, Manipulation and Subversion: A Pragma-cultural Analysis of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag" Valentina Vetri

1. "Defiant Languages and Bodies in Fiction Films: The Case of James Cameron's Avatar" Ester Gendusa

1. "Queering Nigerian Literature. Blurring Gender Lines in Akwaeke Emezi's The Death of Vivek Oji" Aminat Emma Badmus

1. "Embodied Narratives: Reshaping Identity through Speculative Storytelling in Bernardine Evaristo's Blonde Roots" Anna Pasolini

1. "Five Little Indians: a Narration of Trauma and Witnessing" Kamelia Talebian Sedehi

1. "Envisaging Eternity, or the Overturning of Cupio Dissolvi in Science-Fiction Literature" Alessia Guidi

1. "Post-Apocalyptic Bodies and Spaces in Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake (2003)" C.Bruna Mancini

1. "Ecological Citizenship and Trans-species Collaborative Survival in Young Adult Climate Fiction: Lauren James's Green Rising" Chiara Xausa

1. "Feminist Utopias and Queer Apocalypses: A Science-Fiction Approach" Serena Guarracino

Index