Fragile Selves

The idea of fragility evades easy categorisations. The concept addresses something akin to precariousness and it forces us to recognise the instability of previously uncontested boundaries. All contributions to this is- sue, albeit from different angles, tackle how feelings of fragility and precarity can be reframed as an empowering tool to respond to situations of oppression and violence, both on a political and personal level. The common thread that can be followed across the articles here presented is, therefore, that of fragility as a subversive force. This volume can be roughly divided into two broad sections. The first one focuses on fragility and its interactions with national and state powers. The second section instead addresses fragility in connection with issues of subalternity, colonialism, and economic oppression. In their varied ways, all authors bring forward ways in which the reframing of fragility turns into a performative and generative act of resistance.