Precarious Labour and the Contemporary Novel

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

AvLiam Connell

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This book is a major study of the presentation of work and workers in contemporary novels from India, North America and the UK. Drawing on lively recent theories about work, it shows how the novel is a crucial form for helping us to understand what work means in contemporary society.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-10-24
Mått148 x 210 x 19 mm
Vikt448 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor246
Upplaga17001
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319639277

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1 Introduction.- 2 Reading Coupland Backwards: Time, Generationality and Work in Generation X, Microserfs and JPod.- 3 Precarity and Subjective Life: Matt Thorne’s Eight Minutes Idle and David Szalay’s London and the South East.- 4 Dying to Work: American Nationalism and the End of Productive Labour.- 5 Working Women and the Welfare State: Jenny Turner’s The Brainstorm.- 6 Conclusion.