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Contemporary British Fiction and the Cultural Politics of Disenfranchisement

Freedom and the City

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  • © 2015

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  1. Alexander Beaumont

    1. York St John University, York, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: ‘What We Need Now…’

    1. Introduction: ‘What We Need Now…’

      • Alexander Beaumont
      Pages 1-25

  3. Identifying the Cultural Politics of Disenfranchisement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Resistance and Rationalisation: Exile and the Inner Cities in Jeanette Winterson’s The Passion

      • Alexander Beaumont
      Pages 29-57

    3. Rave to the Grave: Hanif Kureishi and the Failure of Left Culturalism

      • Alexander Beaumont
      Pages 58-90

    4. Politics Is Over: Flexibility and Freedom in J.G. Ballard’s Late Dystopias

      • Alexander Beaumont
      Pages 91-127

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 220-239
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About this book

By examining the representation of urban space in contemporary British fiction, this book argues that key to the political left's strategy was a model of action which folded politics into culture and elevated disenfranchisement to the status of a political principle.

Reviews

“Beaumont ultimately provides a timely, accessible and highly engaging analysis of the battle between left culturalism and Thatcherism, and its subsequent influence on contemporary British literature. … The wide-ranging and interdisciplinary nature of the study ensures the work will be essential reading to cultural theorists and literary researchers alike.” (Kristian Shaw, English Studies, Vol. 97 (7), 2016)

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  • York St John University, York, UK

    Alexander Beaumont

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Alexander Beaumont is Lecturer in English Literature at York St John University, UK.

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