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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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British White Trash: Figurations of Tainted Whiteness in the Novels of Irvine Welsh, Niall Griffiths, and John King

British White Trash: Figurations of Tainted Whiteness in the Novels of Irvine Welsh, Niall Griffiths, and John King

Schmitt, Mark

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Literary CriticismGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral Sociology

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ISBN10: 3837641015
ISBN13: 9783837641011
Publisher: Transcript Publishing
Published: Jul 24 2018
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
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 U.S.-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, their cultural representations, and their underlying social processes.

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