British White Trash: Figurations of Tainted Whiteness in the Novels of Irvine Welsh, Niall Griffiths, and John King (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783837641011)

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British White Trash: Figurations of Tainted Whiteness in the Novels of Irvine Welsh, Niall Griffiths, and John King

$40.00

British White Trash: Figurations of Tainted Whiteness in the Novels of Irvine Welsh, Niall Griffiths, and John King

$40.00
Format: Paperback
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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 U.S.-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, their cultural representations, and their underlying social processes.

Author: Mark Schmitt
ISBN-10: 3837641015
ISBN-13: 9783837641011
Publisher: Transcript Publishing
Language: English
Published: 07/24/2018
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.90d
By Mark Schmitt
By Mark Schmitt
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Mark Schmitt is a postdoctoral Stuart Hall Fellow at TU Dortmund University, where he teaches British cultural studies. His research interests include British and Irish literature and film, cultural theory, and discourses of social and racial abjection.

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