"The Working Class and Twenty-First-Century British Fiction looks at how the twenty-first-century British novel has explored contemporary working-class life. Studying the works of David Peace, Gordon Burn, Anthony Cartwright, Ross Raisin, Jenni Fagan, and Sunjeev Sahota, the book shows how they...

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1. Verfasser:	O'Brien, Phil 1980- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York, NY Routledge 2020
Schriftenreihe:	Routledge studies in contemporary literature Routledge studies in contemporary literature 40
Schlagworte:	English fiction / 21st century / History and criticism Working class in literature Labor in literature Capitalism in literature Social conflict in literature Equality in literature Abjection in literature Stigma (Social psychology) in literature Literature and society / England / History / 21st century
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Zusammenfassung:	"The Working Class and Twenty-First-Century British Fiction looks at how the twenty-first-century British novel has explored contemporary working-class life. Studying the works of David Peace, Gordon Burn, Anthony Cartwright, Ross Raisin, Jenni Fagan, and Sunjeev Sahota, the book shows how they have mapped the shift from deindustrialisation through to stigmatization of individuals and communities who have experienced profound levels of destabilization and unemployment. O'Brien argues that these novels offer ways of understanding fundamental aspects of contemporary capitalism for the working class in modern Britain, including, class struggle, inequality, trauma, social abjection, racism, and stigmatization, exclusively looking at British working-class literature of the twenty-first century"--
Beschreibung:	Description based on print version record
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (172 pages.)
ISBN:	9781003007913 1003007910