Exploring the ambivalent grammar of empathy where questions of geo-politics and social
justice are at stake-in popular science, international development, postcolonial fiction …

This special issue engages with the relationship between feminist theory and 'the affective
turn'. Through their analyses of a range of affective states, spheres and sites, the authors in …

Affective self-transformation premised on empathy has been understood within feminist and
anti-racist literatures as central to achieving social justice. Through juxtaposing debates …

Against the contemporary universalist injunction to 'be empathetic', this paper explores the
possibilities of what I call 'alternative empathies' in the aftermath of the Atlantic slave trade …

This article considers the intersection of ethics, responsibility, and literature through
readings of Aminatta Forna's The Memory of Love and Dave Eggers' What Is the What …

Explores how and why narrative fiction engages empathy, including Theory of MindOffers a
broad overview of current scientific work on the effects of fiction-reading on empathy …

Despite having been celebrated for autochthonous renewal, Sindiwe Magona's Mother to
Mother (1998) and Zakes Mda's The Heart of Redness (2000) perpetuate ontological …

This article examines how Milla, the Afrikaner protagonist of Marlene van Niekerk's post-
apartheid novel Agaat, engages with others' empathy toward herself. Theorizing empathy as …

This book examines the work of Sindiwe Magona, one of South Africa's most prolific and
groundbreaking writers, widely recognized for highlighting the everyday experiences of …

Abstract Until the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) came into force in 2004 trans people in the
UK were not able to legally change their birth certificates and other documents to accurately …