Phil O'Brien argues that the novels explored in this work 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.
Phil O'Brien argues that the novels explored in this work 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.
Phil O'Brien has written on working-class fiction and theatre for Textual Practice and Literature & History and in Accelerated Times: British Literature in Transition (Cambridge University Press) and Working-Class Writing: Theory & Practice (Palgrave). He is secretary of the Raymond Williams Society, on the editorial board of Key Words, and editor of Culture & Politics (Verso) by Raymond Williams. He has taught at the University of Manchester and Liverpool John Moores University. This is his first book.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Class Culture Politics Part One: Mapping Deindustrialisation Chapter One: David Peace and the Strike Novel: Conflict History Knowledge Chapter Two: Gordon Burn and Working-Class Nostalgia: Region Form Commodification Chapter Three: Anthony Cartwright and the Deindustrial Novel: Realism Place Class Part Two: Resisting Demonisation Chapter Four: Ross Raisin and Class Mourning: Masculinity Work Precarity Chapter Five: Jenni Fagan and the Revolting Class: Gender Stigma Resistance Chapter Six: Sunjeev Sahota and the Racialised Worker: Class Race Violence Conclusion: Class Matters
Introduction: Class Culture Politics Part One: Mapping Deindustrialisation Chapter One: David Peace and the Strike Novel: Conflict History Knowledge Chapter Two: Gordon Burn and Working-Class Nostalgia: Region Form Commodification Chapter Three: Anthony Cartwright and the Deindustrial Novel: Realism Place Class Part Two: Resisting Demonisation Chapter Four: Ross Raisin and Class Mourning: Masculinity Work Precarity Chapter Five: Jenni Fagan and the Revolting Class: Gender Stigma Resistance Chapter Six: Sunjeev Sahota and the Racialised Worker: Class Race Violence Conclusion: Class Matters
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