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THE DIRTY CLASS: THE RE-INTENSIFIED ANTAGONISM OF CAPITAL AND LABOR, AND THE POLITICS OF ARTO SALMINEN.

Arto Salminen wrote his six novels in the context of the neoliberal turn in Finland. They were a response to the rapid growth of the power of capital over labor. Salminen's thematization of neoliberal class difference and the supporting ideological conditions is intense. The aesthetic and literary r...

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Published in:Journal of Finnish Studies Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 181 - 210
Main Author: Ojajärvi, Jussi
Format: Article
Published: University of Illinois Press Jul2015
Subjects:
Salminen, Arto
Neoliberalism
Finnish literature
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