ISBN:
9783839441015
Series Statement:
Culture & theory Volume 154
Content:
"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 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, its cultural representations and its underlying social processes.
Note:
Dissertation Ruhr-University Bochum 2016
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783837641011
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Schmitt, Mark, 1985 - British white trash Bielefeld : transcript, 2018 ISBN 3837641015
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783837641011
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Welsh, Irvine 1958-
;
Griffiths, Niall 1966-
;
King, John 1960-
;
Roman
;
Weiße
;
Rassismus
;
Soziale Klasse
;
Hochschulschrift
Author information:
Schmitt, Mark 1985-
