British White Trash

Mark Schmitt

ISBN 10: 3837641015 / ISBN 13: 9783837641011

Published by Transcript Verlag Okt 2023, 2023

About this Item

Neuware -'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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: British White Trash
• Publisher: Transcript Verlag Okt 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837641015
• ISBN 13: 9783837641011
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 225W x 148H x 22D millimeters 225 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 487 grams

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Synopsis

"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.

About the Author

Mark Schmitt is a postdoctoral Stuart Hall Fellow at TU Dortmund University, where he teaches British Cultural Studies. His research interests include British and Irish literature and film, cultural theory as well as discourses of social and racial abjection.