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Precarity in Contemporary Literature and Culture by Emily J. Hogg and Peter Simonsen is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Precarity in Contemporary Literature and Culture about?

The contemporary moment is characterized by precarity – an expanding and intensifying vulnerability conditioned by political and economic structures. Using literary and cultural texts to develop a nuanced and critical exploration of the concept of precarity that emphasizes its contemporary manifestations while also attending to its historical roots and existential dimensions, this book examines the vulnerabilities which characterize our anxious existence, including unemployment, environmental crisis, temporary contracts and patterns of migration. Broken down into three key themes of feelings, bodies and time, Precarity in Contemporary Literature and Culture asks whether precarity can be considered a new phenomenon; explores the relationship between precarity and traditional class politics; analyses precarity's global dimensions; and reflects on the links between contemporary crisis and underlying existential human vulnerability. With reference to a wide range of forms such as contemporary, realist, science fiction and modernist novels, film, theatre, and the lyric poem, this book goes beyond one national context to consider texts from the US, UK, Germany and South Africa.

Who reads Precarity in Contemporary Literature and Culture?

Author

Emily J. Hogg and Peter Simonsen

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic; Bloomsbury

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781350166738

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Literary Criticism