THE WORLD WITHIN AND OUT THERE: CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LITERATURE, CULTURAL STUDIES, AND AUDIOVISUAL NARRATIVES
AUTOR(ES)
Corseuil, Anelise R.; Beck, Magali Sperling; Heberle, Viviane
FONTE
Ilha Desterro
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2021-04
RESUMO
Abstract This article discusses some of Irvine Welsh’s novels considering the period of transition from an industrial to a post-industrial society. We focus on the effects of this shift on fictional characters who originate from the working classes in Edinburgh, as represented in ’s Glue (2001) and the Trainspotting Novels. As such works cover the period from the early 1970’s to the late 2010’s, Welsh evidences the move from the traditional working-class ethos, typified by Union solidarity, to the neoliberal culture of entrepreneurship and its negative aspects. We discuss how Welsh depicts neoliberal practices either rendering workers redundant for the new circumstances or creating new ways to exploit labour.
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