Contemporary British literature and urban space : after Thatcher /

Contemporary British Literature and Urban Space distils the possibilities for a new way of thinking about space and identity that challenges the seemingly innocuous methods of spatial acquisition and ownership that are inherently tied to Thatcherite notions of privatization. With this in mind, Kim D...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Duff, Kim
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Subjects:	English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. English fiction > 21st century > History and criticism. City and town life in literature. Space and time in literature. Identity (Psychology) in literature. Thatcher, Margaret > Influence. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Spatial Turn: Dialectics of Space and Identity
1. 'The Script That Has Been Eradicated from the Street': Iain Sinclair's Lights Out for the Territory, Julian Barnes's England England, and the Spaces of English Heritage
2. 'House Arrest': Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting, JG Ballard's High Rise, Thatcherite Council Estates, and the New Under-Class
3.Space, Production, and Identity: Monica Ali's Brick Lane, Hanif Kureihi's My Beautifult Laundrette, and Powellite Englishness
4.The Spaces of the Thatcherite Body: Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty and Will Self's Dorian
Conclusion: thatcher in space, or spaces of thatcher
Notes
Works Cited
Index.