{"product_id":"precarity-in-contemporary-literature-and-culture-paperback","title":"Precarity in Contemporary Literature and Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmily J. Hogg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePeter Simonsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Simonsen\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of European literature in the Department for the Study of Culture at the University of Southern Denmark. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWordsworth and Word-Preserving Arts\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and several related articles on Romanticism, ekphrasis and textual materiality. In 2014 he published (in Danish) \u003ci\u003eLifelong Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, a study of fiction about old age and the welfare state. Peter was co-editor of \u003ci\u003eLiterature: An Introduction to Theory and Analysis \u003c\/i\u003epublished by Bloomsbury in 2017. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eEmily J. Hogg\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department for the Study of Culture at the University of Southern Denmark. She has contributed to many journals and books including \u003ci\u003eTextual Practice, English Studies, The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs: An Interdisciplinary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Twenty First Century Literary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Robert Eaglestone and Daniel O'Gorman (2019), and \u003ci\u003eNew Feminist Studies: Twenty-First Century Critical Interventions\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Jennifer Cooke (2020).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703716278579,"sku":"9781350235311","price":84.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RkFiblBIby9IcUJScVJTSHFmSHJMUT09.webp?v=1763337598","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/precarity-in-contemporary-literature-and-culture-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}