The Resource Precarious Labour and the Contemporary Novel
Precarious Labour and the Contemporary Novel
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The item Precarious Labour and the Contemporary Novel represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Precarious Labour and the Contemporary Novel represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Precarious Labour and the Contemporary Novel -- References -- Part I Work in the Age of Neoliberalism -- Chapter 2 Reading Coupland Backwards: Time, Generationality and Work in Generation X, Microserfs and JPod -- 2.1 Generation X -- 2.2 Microserfs -- 2.3 JPod -- References -- Chapter 3 Precarity and Subjective Life: Matt Thorneâ#x80;#x99;s Eight Minutes Idle and David Szalayâ#x80;#x99;s London and the South East -- 3.1 Theories of Precarity -- 3.2 Affective Precarity in Eight Minutes Idle
- 3.3 Precarity and Solidarity in London and the South EastReferences -- Part II The Work of Nations -- Chapter 4 Dying to Work: American Nationalism and the End of Productive Labour -- 4.1 Productive Labour -- 4.2 Work as Death -- 4.3 Death and the National Idea -- References -- Chapter 5 Working Women and the Welfare State: Jenny Turnerâ#x80;#x99;s The Brainstorm -- 5.1 Inequality and the Neoliberal Economy -- 5.2 Women Workers and the Refusal of Work -- 5.3 The Private-Public and the Public-Private -- References
- Chapter 6 Indian Call Centres and the National Idea6.1 Indian English-Language Fiction -- 6.2 Chetan Bhagat and Indian Neoliberalism -- 6.3 Selling Indian Tradition in Neelesh Misraâ#x80;#x99;s Once upon a Timezone -- 6.4 Literary Call-Centre Fiction -- References -- Chapter 7 Conclusion -- References
- Isbn
- 9783319639277
- Label
- Precarious Labour and the Contemporary Novel
- Title
- Precarious Labour and the Contemporary Novel
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Annotation
- Cataloging source
- U3W
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Connell, Liam
- Dewey number
- 800
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PN1-PN6790
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Literature
- Comparative literature
- Literature, Modern
- Comparative literature
- Literature
- Literature, Modern
- Summary expansion
- A major study of the presentation of work and workers in contemporary novels from India, North America and the UK. Drawing on lively recent theories about work, it shows how the novel is a crucial form for helping us to understand what work means in contemporary society. It tackles some of the most urgent questions of contemporary life by examining the stories about work that novels produce
- Label
- Precarious Labour and the Contemporary Novel
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Precarious Labour and the Contemporary Novel -- References -- Part I Work in the Age of Neoliberalism -- Chapter 2 Reading Coupland Backwards: Time, Generationality and Work in Generation X, Microserfs and JPod -- 2.1 Generation X -- 2.2 Microserfs -- 2.3 JPod -- References -- Chapter 3 Precarity and Subjective Life: Matt Thorneâ#x80;#x99;s Eight Minutes Idle and David Szalayâ#x80;#x99;s London and the South East -- 3.1 Theories of Precarity -- 3.2 Affective Precarity in Eight Minutes Idle
- 3.3 Precarity and Solidarity in London and the South EastReferences -- Part II The Work of Nations -- Chapter 4 Dying to Work: American Nationalism and the End of Productive Labour -- 4.1 Productive Labour -- 4.2 Work as Death -- 4.3 Death and the National Idea -- References -- Chapter 5 Working Women and the Welfare State: Jenny Turnerâ#x80;#x99;s The Brainstorm -- 5.1 Inequality and the Neoliberal Economy -- 5.2 Women Workers and the Refusal of Work -- 5.3 The Private-Public and the Public-Private -- References
- Chapter 6 Indian Call Centres and the National Idea6.1 Indian English-Language Fiction -- 6.2 Chetan Bhagat and Indian Neoliberalism -- 6.3 Selling Indian Tradition in Neelesh Misraâ#x80;#x99;s Once upon a Timezone -- 6.4 Literary Call-Centre Fiction -- References -- Chapter 7 Conclusion -- References
- Control code
- on1028800177
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9783319639277
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
-
- 9783319639277
- 10.1007/978-3-319-63928-4.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 9783319639277
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1028800177
- Label
- Precarious Labour and the Contemporary Novel
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Precarious Labour and the Contemporary Novel -- References -- Part I Work in the Age of Neoliberalism -- Chapter 2 Reading Coupland Backwards: Time, Generationality and Work in Generation X, Microserfs and JPod -- 2.1 Generation X -- 2.2 Microserfs -- 2.3 JPod -- References -- Chapter 3 Precarity and Subjective Life: Matt Thorneâ#x80;#x99;s Eight Minutes Idle and David Szalayâ#x80;#x99;s London and the South East -- 3.1 Theories of Precarity -- 3.2 Affective Precarity in Eight Minutes Idle
- 3.3 Precarity and Solidarity in London and the South EastReferences -- Part II The Work of Nations -- Chapter 4 Dying to Work: American Nationalism and the End of Productive Labour -- 4.1 Productive Labour -- 4.2 Work as Death -- 4.3 Death and the National Idea -- References -- Chapter 5 Working Women and the Welfare State: Jenny Turnerâ#x80;#x99;s The Brainstorm -- 5.1 Inequality and the Neoliberal Economy -- 5.2 Women Workers and the Refusal of Work -- 5.3 The Private-Public and the Public-Private -- References
- Chapter 6 Indian Call Centres and the National Idea6.1 Indian English-Language Fiction -- 6.2 Chetan Bhagat and Indian Neoliberalism -- 6.3 Selling Indian Tradition in Neelesh Misraâ#x80;#x99;s Once upon a Timezone -- 6.4 Literary Call-Centre Fiction -- References -- Chapter 7 Conclusion -- References
- Control code
- on1028800177
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9783319639277
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
-
- 9783319639277
- 10.1007/978-3-319-63928-4.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 9783319639277
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1028800177
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