British White Trash
Figurations of Tainted Whiteness in the Novels of Irvine Welsh, Niall Griffiths and John King
"White trash" is a liminal figure that dramatizes the intersection of race and class. Contemporary British novelists like Irvine Welsh, Niall Griffiths and John King use this originally US-American stereotype to interrogate the racializing discourse of class in British society. Their novels are interdiscursive reflections of the figurations of race and class that still haunt the British cultural imaginary.
"British White Trash" is the first analysis to comprehensively examine the adaptation of the "white trash" stereotype in major British novels. The study thus contributes to a critical understanding of racism and classism, its cultural representations and its underlying social processes.
Kapitel-Übersicht
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
Seiten 9 - 30 -
I. What Happened to the British (White) Working Class?
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II. "The trash ay Europe"
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III. How Southern Gothic Came to Wales
Seiten 149 - 218 -
IV. Trashing the National Centre
Seiten 219 - 292 -
Conclusion
Seiten 293 - 296 -
Works Cited
Seiten 297 - 312
6. April 2018, 312 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-8376-4101-1
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