The Working Class and Twenty-First-Century British Fiction Deindustrialisation, Demonisation, Resistance Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature Series
Auteur : O'Brien Phil
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
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.
Date de parution : 12-2021
15.2x22.9 cm
Date de parution : 12-2019
15.2x22.9 cm
Thème de The Working Class and Twenty-First-Century British Fiction :
Mots-clés :
Young Men; UK’s Creative Industry; working-class resistance; Pop Stars; twenty-first-century British fiction; Bird’s Eye; deindustrialisation; State Finance Nexus; contemporary capitalism; Drawn Back; demonisation; Great British Class Survey; Merry Hill Shopping Centre; Nuclear Disarmament; Aspirational Class; Hari Kunzru; Escapee’s Destination; Working Class Writing; UCS; Contemporary Class Formations; Working Class Muslim