Affective worldmaking : narrative counterpublics of gender and sexuality What makes up a public what governs dominant discourses and in which ways can counterpublics can be created through narrative This edited collection brings together essays on affect and narrative theory with a focus on the topics of gender and sexuality. It explores the power of narrative in literature film art performance and mass media the construction of subjectivities of gender and sexuality and the role of affect in times of crisis. By combining theoretical literary and analytical texts the contributors offer methodological impulses and reflect on the possibilities and limitations of affect theory in cultural studies