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Polar Bear in 'Fortitude'. Affective Aesthetics and Politics of Climate Change
2021
In the first season of the television Eco Noir crime series “Fortitude” (2015) the polar bear appears as a sticky object that embodies an ambiguous affective charge as an icon of global warming. This article discusses the ways in which the polar bear evokes viewer affect in the series through two discourses. The first one relates to violence, essentially present in crime narratives, and how the human and nonhuman animal are positioned in relation to global warming, violence and each other. It raises questions of place and belonging in a local and global context and examines how the polar bear is constructed in terms of stranger danger and victimization in relation to human animals and the t…
"Mas yo ¿por qué he de mirar al suelo?". La mujer como agente en la comedia de Lope de Vega. Edición y Estudio de La discreta enamorada
2019
En un siglo de tensiones sociales y políticas como el XVII, en el que empieza a instaurarse el modo de pensamiento propio de las sociedades precapitalistas y la organización estamental de la sociedad comienza a desajustarse, se observa que el cuestionamiento de una serie de valores provocará ciertos malestares que permearán en las producciones culturales de muy diversas formas. Atendiendo a estas circunstancias históricas, la comedia de Lope de Vega lleva a escena un conflicto que afectaba a una gran parte de la sociedad que, sin embargo, estaba en gran medida silenciada. Las mujeres, que representaban una gran parte del público del Fénix, estaban sometidas a un sistema patriarcal que bebía…
Negative emotional consequences of labour market activation policies for long-term unemployed young adults in Finland
2021
PurposeThis article deals with the negative emotional consequences of active labour market policies (ALMPs) for long-term unemployed young adults in Finland. Although such policies may have positive effects, an exploration of their negative impacts reveals their problematic side effects. We explore various aspects of ALMP interventions that prevent individuals from gaining such positive outcomes and thus reduce their motivation to invest in the policies.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on the affect theory of social exchange, we understand that individuals seek positive rewards from social interactions. Our data is taken from life course interviews with unemployed people aged 20–31 in cen…