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Book SynopsisEmpowerment as a concept is making its impact on the field of literary studies. This volume shows its intricate relation to contemporary fiction in English with a broad range of approaches such as feminist, transcultural, and intersectional studies and dealing with genres as diverse as dystopia, science fiction, TV adaptations, the historical novel and immigrant fiction.
Table of Contents Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction Empowering Contemporary Fiction Ralf Hertel and Eva-Maria Windberger PART 1 Dystopian Fiction, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Literature Feminist Fiction and Forms of Empowerment Sarah Dillon Reclaiming Didacticism Empowerment and the Representation of Science in Genetic Fiction Paul Hamann-Rose Empowering the Reader and the Viewer Strategies of Empowerment in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones Britta Maria Colligs PART 2 Stories and Histories 'The Power to Liberate' Telling Tales of the Contemporary Past Peter Childs Of Memory Boxes and Rhizomatic Structures Strategies of Empowerment in David Mitchell’s ‘Über-book’ Eva-Maria Windberger The Empowering Allohistorical? Some Questions on a Stochastic Borderline David Malcolm PART 3 Transcultural Perspectives Xiaolu Guo’s Empowering Fictions Ralf Hertel Empowerment through Multiple Voices Culture, Media, and Identity in Eddie Huang’s Fresh Off the Boat Eleanor Ty Of Monkey Kings and Fox Ladies Intersectionality, Empowerment, and Myth in Wayson Choy’s The Jade Peony Diana Thiesen
