Christos Tsiolkas and the Fiction of Critique - Politics, Obscenity, Celebrity

Informationen zum Autor Andrew McCann is a professor in the Department of English at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. Klappentext This is the first theoretically informed study of Tsiolkas's work. It follows the arc of his controversial career, and explores the tensions between political radicality, transgressive sexuality and his more recent commercial success. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction: Pasolini's Ashes; 1. The Down-Curve of Capital: 'Loaded'; 2. Inside the Machine: From 'Loaded' to 'The Jesus Man'; 3. The Pornographic Logic of Global Capitalism: 'Dead Europe'; 4. In the Suburbs of World Literature: From 'Dead Europe' to 'The Slap'; 5. The Politics of the Bestseller: 'The Slap' and 'Barracuda'; Conclusion: Aesthetic Autonomy and the Politics of Fiction; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Product details

• Authors: Andrew McCann, McCann Andrew
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2015
• EAN: 9781783084043
• ISBN: 978-1-78308-404-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Anthem Australian Humanities R; Anthem Australian Humanities R; Anthem Australian Humanities Research Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Australian & Oceanian, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / LGBTQ+