1 option
Gentrification in Contemporary Fiction : Domestic Spaces, Neighborhoods, and Global Real Estate.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peacock, James, 1970- author.
- Series:
- New horizons in contemporary writing.
- New horizons in contemporary writing
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gentrification in literature.
- Fiction--21st century--History and criticism.
- Fiction.
- Genre:
- Literary criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (259 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.
- Summary:
- "The first scholarly book to focus on literary representations of gentrification, this book analyses twenty-first century anglophone novels by authors from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and India. Examining novels from a broad range of writers, including Zadie Smith, Lionel Shriver, Aravind Adiga, Michael Chabon and Irvine Welsh, this book makes a powerful case for the importance of literature in helping to understand the lived experience of gentrification"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9781350296008
- 1350296007
- 9781350295988
- 1350295981
- 9781350295995
- 135029599X
- OCLC:
- 1507695926
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.