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 novel...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schmitt, Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld : Transcipt Verlag, [2018]
Series:Edition Kulturwissenschaft ; 154.
Subjects:
Griffiths, Niall, > 1966- > Criticism and interpretation.
King, John, > 1960- > Criticism and interpretation.
Welsh, Irvine > Criticism and interpretation.
Griffiths, Niall, > 1966-
Welsh, Irvine
Poor white people in literature.
Poor white people > England > History.
Social classes > England > History.
Working class white people > England > History.
Pauvres Blancs > Angleterre > Histoire.
Classes sociales > Angleterre > Histoire.
Personnes blanches de la classe ouvrière > Angleterre > Histoire.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Working class white people
Social classes
Poor white people
Poor white people in literature
Culture
Race
England
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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

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