Eastern Europeans in contemporary literature and culture : imagining new Europe / Vedrana Veličković.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Velickovic, Vedrana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration in literature.

East Europeans in literature.

Physical Description:

ix, 219 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]

Summary:

"Eastern Europeans in Contemporary Literature and Culture: Imagining New Europe provides a comprehensive study of the way in which contemporary writers, filmmakers, and the media have represented the recent phenomenon of Eastern European migration to the UK and Western Europe following the enlargement of the EU in the 21st century, the social and political changes after the fall of communism, and the Brexit vote. Exploring the recurring figures of Eastern Europeans as a new reservoir of cheap labour, the author engages with a wide range of both mainstream and neglected authors, films, and programmes, including Rose Tremain, John Lanchester, Marina Lewycka, Polly Courtney, Dubravka Ugrešić, Kapka Kassabova, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Mike Philips, It's a Free World, Gypo, Britain's Hardest Workers, The Poles are Coming, and Czech Dream. Analyzing the treatment of Eastern Europeans as builders, fruit pickers, nannies, and victims of sex trafficking, and ways of resisting the stereotypes, this is an important intervention into debates about Europe, migration, and postcommunist transition to capitalism, as represented in multiple contemporary cultural texts"--Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction: "Where are they flocking from?"

It's a free world: Eastern Europeans in contemporary media and film

Representing them: Eastern Europeans in contemporary British fiction

Representing 'us': Eastern Europe writes back

New alliances?: Eastern Europeans in contemporary Black British writing

Eastern Europe and race: cosmopolitanism and the post-Yugoslav condition in Dubravka Ugrešić's essays

Goodbye, new Europeans?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781137537911

1137537914

OCLC:

1086009482