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Poverty in contemporary literature : themes and figurations on the British book market /

Poverty and inequality have gained a new public presence in the United Kingdom. At a time of social cuts, new austerity measures and a rhetoric about 'broken Britain', poverty is present in the public imagination, and it is visible in the streets of British cities. Literature can (re- )con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Korte, Barbara, 1957- (Autor), Zipp, Georg (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Poverty and inequality have gained a new public presence in the United Kingdom. At a time of social cuts, new austerity measures and a rhetoric about 'broken Britain', poverty is present in the public imagination, and it is visible in the streets of British cities. Literature can (re- )configure how people think, feel and behave in relation to poverty. This study investigates life-writing, fiction and non-fiction with a poverty theme, produced in Britain from the mid-1990s to the present and contributes to the new transdisciplinary field of poverty studies.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:9781137429292
1137429291