Living with Precariousness [Hardcover]

Precariousness has become a defining experience in contemporary society, as an inescapable condition and state of being.Living with Precariousnesspresents a spectrum of timely case studies that explore precarious existences  at individual, collective and structural levels, and as manifested through space and the body. These range from the plight of asylum seekers, to the tiny house movement as a response to affordable housing crises; from the global impacts of climate change, to the daily challenges of living with a chronic illness. This multidisciplinary book illustrates the pervasiveness of precarity, but furthermore shows how those entanglements with other agents, human or otherwise, that put us at risk are also the connections that make living with (and through) precariousness endurable.

Christina Leeis a Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies at Curtin University, Australia. She is the author ofScreening Generation X: The Politics and Popular Memory of Youth in Contemporary Cinema(2010), and editor of books includingSpectral Spaces and Hauntings: The Affects of Absence(2017) andViolating Time: History, Memory, and Nostalgia in Cinema(2012).

Susan Leongis Honorary Senior Fellow at Edith Cowan University, Australia. She is the author ofGlobal Internet Governance: Influences from Malaysia and Singapore(2020),China's Digital Presence in the Asia-Pacific: Culture, Technology and Platforms(2020), andNew Media and the Nation in Malaysia: Malaysianet(2014).

Represents a significant contribution to the study of precarity ... the dedication of the book's authors to depicting the visceral nature of precariousness in this volume is invaluable. Exertions

Why is a sense of precariousness so widespread today across diverse situations and ways of life? The collective achievement of this inspiring and beautiful book is to show how a common experience connects people facing l³‚