The working class and twenty-first-century British fiction : deindustrialisation, demonisation, resistance / Phil O'Brien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Brien, Phil, 1980- author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

John, Ruth, and Sally Ruth MacCorkell Fund.

Series:

Routledge studies in contemporary literature ; 40.

Routledge studies in contemporary literature ; 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Working class in literature.

Labor in literature.

Literature and society--England--History--21st century.

Literature and society.

Capitalism in literature.

History.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 172 pages.)

Other Title:

Working class and 21st century British fiction

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

©2020.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-167) and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John, Ruth, and Sally Ruth MacCorkell Fund.

ISBN:

9781003007913

1003007910

Publisher Number:

99983892214

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.