British working-class fiction : narratives of refusal and the struggle against work / / Roberto del Valle Alcalá |
Autore | del Valle Alcalá Roberto |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Bloomsbury, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina | 823.03 |
Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Home in literature Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 20th century Social values in literature Women in literature Working class authors - England Working class in literature Working class writings, English - History and criticism Working class - England - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4742-7377-7
1-4742-7376-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: British Fiction and the Struggle Against Work -- 2. Between Capitalist Subsumption and Proletarian Independence: Alan Sillitoe, David Storey, and the Post-war Working Class. 2.1. From Consensus to Antagonism, or, the Post-war Rebirth of Subjectivity ; 2.2. From the Factory to the Social: Alan Sillitoe's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and 'The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner' ; 2.3. Capitalist Subjectivation in David Storey's This Sporting Life -- 3. Reproductive Work and Working-class Resistance in Transition: Nell Dunn and Pat Barker. 3.1. Desire and the Labour of Subjectivity in Nell Dunn's Up the Junction and Poor Cow ; 3.2. Reproduction in Revolt: Biopolitics in Pat Barker's Union Street ; 3.3. Prostitution, Death, and the Subversion of Life in Blow Your House Down -- 4. Proletarian Exodus and Resistance in James Kelman and Irvine Welsh. 4.1. The Collapse of Measure: Postmodern Abstraction and Proletarian Flight in James Kelman ; 4.2. Beyond Civil Society: On Irvine Welsh's Skagboys -- 5. Work in Crisis: Madness and (the Unworking of) Civilisation in Monica Ali and Joanna Kavenna. 5.1. Nomad Bodies, Precarious Minds: On Monica Ali's In the Kitchen ; 5.2. 'Madness, or, the Absence of Work': On Joanna Kavenna's Inglorious -- 6. Conclusion: A Workless Future for British Fiction?" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511314903321 |
del Valle Alcalá Roberto | ||
London : , : Bloomsbury, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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British working-class fiction : narratives of refusal and the struggle against work / / Roberto del Valle Alcalá |
Autore | del Valle Alcalá Roberto |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Bloomsbury, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina | 823.03 |
Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Home in literature Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 20th century Social values in literature Women in literature Working class authors - England Working class in literature Working class writings, English - History and criticism Working class - England - History |
ISBN |
1-4742-7377-7
1-4742-7376-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: British Fiction and the Struggle Against Work -- 2. Between Capitalist Subsumption and Proletarian Independence: Alan Sillitoe, David Storey, and the Post-war Working Class. 2.1. From Consensus to Antagonism, or, the Post-war Rebirth of Subjectivity ; 2.2. From the Factory to the Social: Alan Sillitoe's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and 'The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner' ; 2.3. Capitalist Subjectivation in David Storey's This Sporting Life -- 3. Reproductive Work and Working-class Resistance in Transition: Nell Dunn and Pat Barker. 3.1. Desire and the Labour of Subjectivity in Nell Dunn's Up the Junction and Poor Cow ; 3.2. Reproduction in Revolt: Biopolitics in Pat Barker's Union Street ; 3.3. Prostitution, Death, and the Subversion of Life in Blow Your House Down -- 4. Proletarian Exodus and Resistance in James Kelman and Irvine Welsh. 4.1. The Collapse of Measure: Postmodern Abstraction and Proletarian Flight in James Kelman ; 4.2. Beyond Civil Society: On Irvine Welsh's Skagboys -- 5. Work in Crisis: Madness and (the Unworking of) Civilisation in Monica Ali and Joanna Kavenna. 5.1. Nomad Bodies, Precarious Minds: On Monica Ali's In the Kitchen ; 5.2. 'Madness, or, the Absence of Work': On Joanna Kavenna's Inglorious -- 6. Conclusion: A Workless Future for British Fiction?" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797821503321 |
del Valle Alcalá Roberto | ||
London : , : Bloomsbury, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
British working-class fiction : narratives of refusal and the struggle against work / / Roberto del Valle Alcalá |
Autore | del Valle Alcalá Roberto |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Bloomsbury, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina |
823.03
823.9140920624 |
Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Home in literature Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 20th century Social values in literature Women in literature Working class authors - England Working class in literature Working class writings, English - History and criticism Working class - England - History |
ISBN |
1-4742-7377-7
1-4742-7376-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: British Fiction and the Struggle Against Work -- 2. Between Capitalist Subsumption and Proletarian Independence: Alan Sillitoe, David Storey, and the Post-war Working Class. 2.1. From Consensus to Antagonism, or, the Post-war Rebirth of Subjectivity ; 2.2. From the Factory to the Social: Alan Sillitoe's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and 'The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner' ; 2.3. Capitalist Subjectivation in David Storey's This Sporting Life -- 3. Reproductive Work and Working-class Resistance in Transition: Nell Dunn and Pat Barker. 3.1. Desire and the Labour of Subjectivity in Nell Dunn's Up the Junction and Poor Cow ; 3.2. Reproduction in Revolt: Biopolitics in Pat Barker's Union Street ; 3.3. Prostitution, Death, and the Subversion of Life in Blow Your House Down -- 4. Proletarian Exodus and Resistance in James Kelman and Irvine Welsh. 4.1. The Collapse of Measure: Postmodern Abstraction and Proletarian Flight in James Kelman ; 4.2. Beyond Civil Society: On Irvine Welsh's Skagboys -- 5. Work in Crisis: Madness and (the Unworking of) Civilisation in Monica Ali and Joanna Kavenna. 5.1. Nomad Bodies, Precarious Minds: On Monica Ali's In the Kitchen ; 5.2. 'Madness, or, the Absence of Work': On Joanna Kavenna's Inglorious -- 6. Conclusion: A Workless Future for British Fiction?" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823923503321 |
del Valle Alcalá Roberto | ||
London : , : Bloomsbury, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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