1st Edition
Narrating Multiplicities in Motion The Transformative Power of Storytelling in Anglophone Cultures
List of Contributors
Introduction
Elena Ogliari, Anna Pasolini and Carla Tempestoso
1. Postcolonial Lagos. Voices from the Brink
Nicoletta Vallorani
2. “More than Women”: Unveiling Complex Bodies and Exploring Gender Dynamics in The Blood of the Vampire and The Great God Pan
Carla Tempestoso
3. Irony as a Defiance, Manipulation, and Subversion: A Pragma-Cultural Analysis of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag
Valentina Vetri
4. Defiant Identities in a Contemporary Dysto‑Utopian Blockbuster: A Multimodal Analysis of James Cameron’s Avatar
Ester Gendusa
5. Queering Nigerian Literature: Blurring Gender Lines in Akwaeke Emezi’s The Death of Vivek Oji
Aminat Emma Badmus
6. Embodied Narratives: Reshaping Identity through Speculative Storytelling in Bernardine Evaristo’s Blonde Roots
Anna Pasolini
7. Five Little Indians: A Narration of Trauma and Witnessing
Kamelia Talebian Sedehi
8. Envisaging Eternity, or the Overturning of Cupio Dissolvi in Science Fiction Literature
Alessia Guidi
9. Post-Apocalyptic Bodies and Spaces in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake (2003)
C. Bruna Mancini
10. ‘Focused Anger’ and ‘Radical Hope’ in Young Adult Climate Fiction: An Affective Reading of Lauren James’s Green Rising
Chiara Xausa
11. Feminist Rage and the Politics of Apocalypse. Nnedi Okorafor’s The Book of Phoenix (2015) and Naomi Alderman’s The Power (2016)
Serena Guarracino
Index
Biography
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.
