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Slags on Stage weaves cultural analysis with poetry and art criticism to explore the concept of the 'slag' and its place in contemporary British-English culture. The book traces the etymology of the word slag through the 20th and into the 21st century, thinking through the ways 'slag' speaks to issues of class, sex and desire.
List of contents
Affect and Synasthesia: An Introduction
Part One. Cultures of slag1. Class, Sex, Desire
2. You Slag - Vulnerability, Interpellation and Twentieth Century Womanhood
3. The Slag, The Bitch and the Wardrobe - The Slag and Pleasure in Popular Culture
Part Two. Slaggy art4. Tracey Emin. Slaggy Endurance in
Why I never Became a Dancer5. Kelly Green. Abject Heterosexuality in
CHAV and
SLAG6. Cash Carraway. Mistrust and Difficulty in
Skint Estate and
Refuge Woman7. Michaela Coel. Recognition and Class Solidarity in
I May Destroy You and
Chewing Gum Dreams8. Eirini Kartsaki. Weirding the Slag in
HerpesWhat Women Want: A (kind of) Conclusion
About the author
Katie Beswick is a writer and academic. She is Programme Director for the BA Arts Management at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.
Summary
Slags on Stage weaves cultural analysis with poetry and art criticism to explore the concept of the ‘slag’ and its place in contemporary British-English culture. The book traces the etymology of the word slag through the 20th and into the 21st century, thinking through the ways ‘slag’ speaks to issues of class, sex and desire.
