British White Trash : : Figurations of Tainted Whiteness in the Novels of Irvine Welsh, Niall Griffiths and John King / / Mark Schmitt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2018 Part 2
• VerfasserIn: Schmitt, Mark,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Edition Kulturwissenschaft ; 154
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; I. What Happened to the British (White) Working Class? --; II. “The trash ay Europe” --; III. How Southern Gothic Came to Wales --; IV. Trashing the National Centre --; Conclusion --; Works Cited
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783839441015; 9783110766677; 9783110719550; 9783110604252; 9783110603255; 9783110604184; 9783110603187; 9783110661545
• DOI: 10.1515/9783839441015?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Mark Schmitt.

"White trash" is a liminal figure that dramatizes the intersection of race and class. Contemporary British novelists like Irvine Welsh, Niall Griffiths and John King use this originally US-American stereotype to interrogate the racializing discourse of class in British society. Their novels are interdiscursive reflections of the figurations of race and class that still haunt the British cultural imaginary."British White Trash" is the first analysis to comprehensively examine the adaptation of the "white trash" stereotype in major British novels. The study thus contributes to a critical understanding of racism and classism, its cultural representations and its underlying social processes.