Bears and Dogs: Animals, Animal Metaphors, and the Telling of Rape and Gendered Collectivity in Fredrik Backman's Beartown

Fredrik Backman's Beartown trilogy (2016–2021) tells the story of the fictional Swedish peripheral city Beartown and how it is affected by the rape of a young girl. This article examines the novels' use of animals and animal metaphors. Through Deleuze and Guattari's theories of becomi...

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Published in:Children's literature (Storrs, Conn.) Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 104 - 117
Main Author: Nygren, Anna
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2024
Subjects:
Animals
Backman, Fredrik
Collectivity
Domestication
English
Figurative Language
Hockey
Human subjects
Languages and Literature
Literary Styles
Masculinity
Metaphor
Municipalities
Novels
Rape
Sexuality
Social Problems
Society
Språk och litteratur
Translation
Translations
Violence
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Abstract Fredrik Backman's Beartown trilogy (2016–2021) tells the story of the fictional Swedish peripheral city Beartown and how it is affected by the rape of a young girl. This article examines the novels' use of animals and animal metaphors. Through Deleuze and Guattari's theories of becoming-animal, it investigates how humanity is negotiated through the closeness to nature.
AbstractList Fredrik Backman's Beartown trilogy (2016–2021) tells the story of the fictional Swedish peripheral city Beartown and how it is affected by the rape of a young girl. This article examines the novels' use of animals and animal metaphors. Through Deleuze and Guattari's theories of becoming-animal, it investigates how humanity is negotiated through the closeness to nature.
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Collectivity
Domestication
English
Figurative Language
Hockey
Human subjects
Languages and Literature
Literary Styles
Masculinity
Metaphor
Municipalities
Novels
Rape
Sexuality
Social Problems
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