What makes up a public what governs dominant discourses and in which ways can counterpublics
be created through narrative? This edited collection brings together essays on affect and
narrative theory with a focus on the topics of gender and sexuality. It explores the power of
narrative in literature film art performance and mass media the construction of
subjectivities of gender and sexuality and the role of affect in times of crisis. By combining
theoretical literary and analytical texts the contributors offer methodological impulses and
reflect on the possibilities and limitations of affect theory in cultural studies.
