Inequality, Poverty and Precarity in Contemporary American Culture

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Economic Conditions, Government, Public Policy, Social Science
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Author: Sieglinde Lemke ISBN: 9781137597014
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US Publication: December 9, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Sieglinde Lemke
ISBN: 9781137597014
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication: December 9, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

This book analyzes the discourse generated by pundits, politicians, and artists to examine how poverty and the income gap is framed through specific modes of representation. Set against the dichotomy of the structural narrative of poverty and the opportunity narrative, Lemke's modified concept of precarity reveals new insights into the American situation as well as into the textuality of contemporary demands for equity. Her acute study of a vast range of artistic and journalistic texts brings attention to a mode of representation that is itself precarious, both in the modern and etymological sense, denoting both insecurity and entreaty. With the keen eye of a cultural studies scholar her innovative book makes a necessary contribution to academic and popular critiques of the social effects of neoliberal capitalism.

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This book analyzes the discourse generated by pundits, politicians, and artists to examine how poverty and the income gap is framed through specific modes of representation. Set against the dichotomy of the structural narrative of poverty and the opportunity narrative, Lemke's modified concept of precarity reveals new insights into the American situation as well as into the textuality of contemporary demands for equity. Her acute study of a vast range of artistic and journalistic texts brings attention to a mode of representation that is itself precarious, both in the modern and etymological sense, denoting both insecurity and entreaty. With the keen eye of a cultural studies scholar her innovative book makes a necessary contribution to academic and popular critiques of the social effects of neoliberal capitalism.

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