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Affective Estrangement and Ecological Destruction in TV Crime Series Fortitude (2020)
Koistinen, A.-K., & Mäntymäki, H. (2020). Affective Estrangement and Ecological Destruction in TV Crime Series Fortitude. In M. Piiponen, H. Mäntymäki, & M. Rodi-Risberg (Eds.), Transnational Crime Fiction : Mobility, Borders and Detection (pp. 261-277). Palgrave Macmillan. Crime Files. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53413-4_14
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Koistinen, Aino-Kaisa; Mäntymäki, Helen
Parent publication: Transnational Crime Fiction : Mobility, Borders and Detection
Parent publication editors: Piiponen, Maarit; Mäntymäki, Helen; Rodi-Risberg, Marinella
ISBN: 978-3-030-53412-7
eISBN: 978-3-030-53413-4
Journal or series: Crime Files
Publication year: 2020
Pages range: 261-277
Number of pages in the book: 306
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication: Cham
Publication country: Switzerland
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53413-4_14
Publication open access: Not open
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Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/72560
Abstract
Koistinen and Mäntymäki examine how graphic violence evokes affect in the context of ecological destruction in the UK-produced TV crime fiction series Fortitude (2015–17). They argue that the series mobilises generic exchange by incorporating speculative elements into a traditional crime narrative structure, thereby creating space for affective estrangement. They show how the amalgamation of violence, ecological destruction and affect serves as an entrance into socioecological critique with a strong cautionary element through the negotiation between the human and nonhuman and the ethics of violence. Theoretically, the chapter relies on Sara Ahmed’s view of affect as social processes produced through circulation.
Keywords: television series; crime series; violence (activity); violent entertainment; affectivity; alienation; ethics; climate changes; political ecology; criticism
Free keywords: Fortitude; genre hybridisation; affect; affective estrangement; ethics of violence; climate change; graphic violence
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Ministry reporting: Yes
Reporting Year: 2020
JUFO rating: 3
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