Johan Schimanski is Professor of Comparative Literature at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages at the University of OsloJopi Nyman is Professor of English at the Philosophical Faculty at the University of Eastern Finland

• Introduction: images and narratives on the border – Jopi Nyman and Johan SchimanskiPart I: The Border (Forms)1 Phenomenology of the liminal – Wolfgang Müller-Funk2 Horizontal vertigo and psychasthenia: border figures of the fantastic – Patricia GarcíaPart II: Living with the Border (Zones)3 Capturing clouds: imagin(in)g the materiality of digital networks – Holger Pötzsch4 In/visibilities beyond the spectacularisation: young people, subjectivity, and revolutionary border Imaginations in the Mediterranean borderscape – Chiara Brambilla5 From heroism to grotesque: the invisibility of border-related trauma narratives in the Finnish–Russian borderlands – Tuulikki Kurki6 Expanded border imaginaries and aligned border narratives: ethnic minorities and localities in China’s border encounters with Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam – Victor Konrad and Zhiding HuPart III: Crossing the Border (Migrations)7 Borders: tshe topos of/for a post-politics of images? – Anne-Laure Amilhat Szary8 Some cunning passages in border-crossing narratives: seen and unseen migrants – Stephen F. Wolfe9 Borderscapes of Calais: images of ‘The Jungle’ in Breach by Olumide Popoola and Annie Holmes – Jopi Nyman10 Seasons of migration to the North: borders and images in migration narratives published in Norwegian – Johan Schimanski11 Performance of memory: testimonies of survival and rescue at Europe’s border – Karina Horsti and Ilaria TucciEpilogue: border images and narratives: paradoxes, spheres, aesthetics – Johan Schimanski and Jopi NymanIndex

'The collection succeeds in its intended purpose to contribute towards new approaches to the relevance and workings of borders. The book is of equal interest to students of cultural and literary English studies who wish to become acquainted with border studies, as much as for well-versed researchers looking for inspiration beyond the established forms of inquiry.'Sophie U. Kriegel, Leipzig University, Journal for the Study of British Cultures Vol. 29 Issue 1 (2022)

Johan Schimanski is Professor of Comparative Literature at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages at the University of OsloJopi Nyman is Professor of English at the Philosophical Faculty at the University of Eastern Finland

• Introduction: images and narratives on the border – Jopi Nyman and Johan SchimanskiPart I: The Border (Forms)1 Phenomenology of the liminal – Wolfgang Müller-Funk2 Horizontal vertigo and psychasthenia: border figures of the fantastic – Patricia GarcíaPart II: Living with the Border (Zones)3 Capturing clouds: imagin(in)g the materiality of digital networks – Holger Pötzsch4 In/visibilities beyond the spectacularisation: young people, subjectivity, and revolutionary border Imaginations in the Mediterranean borderscape – Chiara Brambilla5 From heroism to grotesque: the invisibility of border-related trauma narratives in the Finnish–Russian borderlands – Tuulikki Kurki6 Expanded border imaginaries and aligned border narratives: ethnic minorities and localities in China’s border encounters with Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam – Victor Konrad and Zhiding HuPart III: Crossing the Border (Migrations)7 Borders: tshe topos of/for a post-politics of images? – Anne-Laure Amilhat Szary8 Some cunning passages in border-crossing narratives: seen and unseen migrants – Stephen F. Wolfe9 Borderscapes of Calais: images of ‘The Jungle’ in Breach by Olumide Popoola and Annie Holmes – Jopi Nyman10 Seasons of migration to the North: borders and images in migration narratives published in Norwegian – Johan Schimanski11 Performance of memory: testimonies of survival and rescue at Europe’s border – Karina Horsti and Ilaria TucciEpilogue: border images and narratives: paradoxes, spheres, aesthetics – Johan Schimanski and Jopi NymanIndex

'The collection succeeds in its intended purpose to contribute towards new approaches to the relevance and workings of borders. The book is of equal interest to students of cultural and literary English studies who wish to become acquainted with border studies, as much as for well-versed researchers looking for inspiration beyond the established forms of inquiry.'Sophie U. Kriegel, Leipzig University, Journal for the Study of British Cultures Vol. 29 Issue 1 (2022)

Johan Schimanski is Professor of Comparative Literature at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages at the University of OsloJopi Nyman is Professor of English at the Philosophical Faculty at the University of Eastern Finland

• Introduction: images and narratives on the border – Jopi Nyman and Johan SchimanskiPart I: The Border (Forms)1 Phenomenology of the liminal – Wolfgang Müller-Funk2 Horizontal vertigo and psychasthenia: border figures of the fantastic – Patricia GarcíaPart II: Living with the Border (Zones)3 Capturing clouds: imagin(in)g the materiality of digital networks – Holger Pötzsch4 In/visibilities beyond the spectacularisation: young people, subjectivity, and revolutionary border Imaginations in the Mediterranean borderscape – Chiara Brambilla5 From heroism to grotesque: the invisibility of border-related trauma narratives in the Finnish–Russian borderlands – Tuulikki Kurki6 Expanded border imaginaries and aligned border narratives: ethnic minorities and localities in China’s border encounters with Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam – Victor Konrad and Zhiding HuPart III: Crossing the Border (Migrations)7 Borders: tshe topos of/for a post-politics of images? – Anne-Laure Amilhat Szary8 Some cunning passages in border-crossing narratives: seen and unseen migrants – Stephen F. Wolfe9 Borderscapes of Calais: images of ‘The Jungle’ in Breach by Olumide Popoola and Annie Holmes – Jopi Nyman10 Seasons of migration to the North: borders and images in migration narratives published in Norwegian – Johan Schimanski11 Performance of memory: testimonies of survival and rescue at Europe’s border – Karina Horsti and Ilaria TucciEpilogue: border images and narratives: paradoxes, spheres, aesthetics – Johan Schimanski and Jopi NymanIndex

'The collection succeeds in its intended purpose to contribute towards new approaches to the relevance and workings of borders. The book is of equal interest to students of cultural and literary English studies who wish to become acquainted with border studies, as much as for well-versed researchers looking for inspiration beyond the established forms of inquiry.'Sophie U. Kriegel, Leipzig University, Journal for the Study of British Cultures Vol. 29 Issue 1 (2022)