{"product_id":"geographies-of-affect-in-contemporary-literature-and-visual-culture-central-europe-and-the-west-9789004440883","title":"Geographies of Affect in Contemporary Literature and Visual Culture: Central Europe and the West","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeographies of Affect in Contemporary Literature and Visual Culture opens a dialogue between the literary and filmic works produced in Central Europe and in the Anglophone world. It relies on the concept of translocality to explore this corpus, offering new readings of contemporary Hungarian films as well as urban fiction and poetry in English. Calling attention to the role of affect in imagining city space, the volume investigates György Pálfi’s Taxidermia, Béla Tarr’s Family Nest, Teju Cole’s Open City, Toni Morrison’s Jazz, China Miéville’s Un Lun Dun, Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah, and Patrick Neate’s City of Tiny Lights, among many other urban narratives. Contributors examine both widely explored emotions and under-researched affects, such as shame, fascination, and the role of withdrawal in contemporary literature and culture.    Contributors: Tamás Bényei, Imola Bülgözdi, Fanni Feldmann, Zsolt Győri, Ágnes Györke, Brigitta Hudácskó, György Kalmár, Anna Kérchy, Márta Kőrösi, Jennifer Leetsch, Katalin Pálinkás, Miklós Takács, Pieter Vermeulen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I  believe  that  [this]  volume  contributes to a better understanding of the very complex concept of ‘affect’ – and not only for the Central\/Eastern European reader, and not only in this specific context. It highlights the role of space in literary and filmic contexts – where it is often subordinated to time –, promoting a richer, more tactile,  and  more  affective  experience,  when  consuming  these literary and filmic works. I would like to make just one generic critique that is due to the book’s emphasis on space and geography. I believe that some of the studies would have benefitted from a further geographical literature. Nevertheless, this book is visibly inspired by, and engages with geographers and space theorists  such  as  Doreen  Massey,  Henri  Lefebvre, Edward Soja,  Liz  Bondi,  Gillian  Rose  and  Rachel  Pain and theories such as the production of space and thoughts on the relationship between space and place.  Finally, I would very much recommend this truly interdisciplinary book in particular for all the space theorists  and  geographers  with  a  hope  that  it  will  inspire more researchers in Hungary to incorporate affect and the concept of translocality in their research combining it with geographical scholarly literature, space theories, and empirical methodologies leading to  new,  interdisciplinary  approaches  to  knowledge  production.\"   - Mirjam Sági, Hungarian Geographical Bulletin 70, 2021","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210809336151,"sku":"9789004440883","price":107.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/geographies-of-affect-in-contemporary-literature-and-visual-culture-central-europe-and-the-west-9789004440883","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}