Narratives of inequality : postcolonial literary economics

Narratives of inequality : postcolonial literary economics / Melissa Kennedy.

This book reveals the economic motivations underpinning colonial, neocolonial and neoliberal eras of global capitalism that are represented in critiques of inequality in postcolonial fiction. Today's economic inequality, suffered disproportionately by Indigenous and minority groups of postcolon...

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Main Author: Kennedy, Melissa
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Series:New comparisons in world literature.
Subjects:
Economics in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Economics in literature
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Table of Contents:
  • Narratives of Inequality
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Postcolonial Economic Criticism
  • Empire and Capitalism
  • Works Cited
  • Chapter 2 Colonial Capitalism
  • The Irruption of Capitalism
  • Capitalism in Settler Colonies
  • Racism as Capitalist Ideology
  • Works Cited
  • Chapter 3 Neocolonialism
  • Neocolonial Independence
  • Internal Inequality and the Neocolonial 1%
  • Satire as Response to Capitalismâ#x80;#x99;s Contradictions
  • Works Cited
  • Chapter 4 Global Neoliberalism
  • The Neoliberal City
  • The Economics of Lack
  • Emotional and Behavioural Responses to InequalityWorks Cited
  • Chapter 5 Conclusion
  • Works Cited

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