Jennifer Lawn

Neoliberalism and Cultural Transition in New Zealand Literature, 1984-2008

Market Fictions

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Produktbeschreibung

Through the lens of New Zealand fiction, Neoliberalism and Cultural Transition in New Zealand Literature, 1984-2008 examines how the reprise of market-based economics has impacted cultural life in a decolonizing nation. Reading novels by Alan Duff, Patricia Grace, Witi Ihimaera, Maurice Gee, Eleanor Catton and other politically-engaged writers, Lawn argues that the terms of neoliberal choice, competition and self-determination, have proven both culturally affirmative and socially corrosive, reconfiguring the potentialities of collective life in an era of rapid reform.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 583g
• ISBN-13: 9780739177419
• ISBN-10: 0739177419
• Artikelnr.: 44027557

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Lawn is senior lecturer in English at Massey University, Auckland.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction: Economy, Culture and Society in a
Decolonizing State Chapter 2: Society: The Death of the Social Novel?
Chapter 3: Politics: Freedom and Anxiety, from Provincial Angst to
Post-Democracy Chapter 4: Indigeneity: The Literary Politics of
Self-determination Chapter 5: Creativity: The Artist's Work in the Era of
the Creative Economy Chapter 6: Conclusion: Joyless Social Democrats
Endnotes Bibliography