| Description |
1 online resource (313 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Edition Kulturwissenschaft ; volume 154
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Edition Kulturwissenschaft ; 154.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I. What Happened to the British (White) Working Class? -- II. "The trash ay Europe" -- III. How Southern Gothic Came to Wales -- IV. Trashing the National Centre -- Conclusion -- Works Cited |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Griffiths, Niall, 1966- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Griffiths, Niall, 1966- |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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King, John, 1960- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Welsh, Irvine -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Welsh, Irvine. |
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Poor white people in literature.
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Poor white people in literature. |
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Poor white people -- England -- History.
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Poor white people. |
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England. |
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History. |
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Social classes -- England -- History.
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Social classes. |
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Working class white people -- England -- History.
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Working class white people. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Schmitt, Mark. British White Trash : Figurations of Tainted Whiteness in the Novels of Irvine Welsh, Niall Griffiths and John King. Bielefeld : Transcipt Verlag, ©2018 9783837641011 |
| ISBN |
3839441013 (electronic book) |
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9783839441015 (electronic book) |
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