Narratives of inequality : postcolonial literary economics /

This book reveals the economic motivations underpinning colonial, neocolonial and neoliberal eras of global capitalism that are represented in critiques of inequality in postcolonial fiction. Today's economic inequality, suffered disproportionately by Indigenous and minority groups of postcolon...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kennedy, Melissa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Series:New comparisons in world literature.
Subjects:
Economics in literature.
Économie politique dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Economics in literature
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Narratives of Inequality
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Postcolonial Economic Criticism
  • Empire and Capitalism
  • Works Cited
  • Chapter 2 Colonial Capitalism
  • The Irruption of Capitalism
  • Capitalism in Settler Colonies
  • Racism as Capitalist Ideology
  • Works Cited
  • Chapter 3 Neocolonialism
  • Neocolonial Independence
  • Internal Inequality and the Neocolonial 1%
  • Satire as Response to Capitalismâ#x80;#x99;s Contradictions
  • Works Cited
  • Chapter 4 Global Neoliberalism
  • The Neoliberal City
  • The Economics of Lack
  • Emotional and Behavioural Responses to InequalityWorks Cited
  • Chapter 5 Conclusion
  • Works Cited

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