Trapped in class? Material manifestations of poverty and prosperity in Alice Munro's "Royal Beatings" and "The Beggar Maid".
This article argues that material objects in Canadian writer Alice Munro's short fiction both reflect socio-economic concerns of pre- and post-WWII Canadian society and complicate common conceptions of deprivation and material ambition. The analyses of "Royal Beatings" and "The Beggar Maid" demonstr...
| Publicado en: | Neohelicon Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 521 - 536 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Springer Nature
2020
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=148391248&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 148391248 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 03244652 OK8 jtl: Neohelicon issn: 03244652 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2020 vid: 47 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 148391248 10.1007/s11059-020-00550-1 ppf: 521 ppct: 15 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 482KB tig: atl: Trapped in class? Material manifestations of poverty and prosperity in Alice Munro's "Royal Beatings" and "The Beggar Maid". aug: au: Berndt, Katrin affil: Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany su: Socioeconomics Materiality (Accounting) Material facts (Law) Poverty World War II sug: subj: Socioeconomics Materiality (Accounting) Material facts (Law) Poverty World War II keyword: Alice Munro Canadian literature Class Gender Materiality Post-WWII socio-economic transformations in Canada Short fiction ab: This article argues that material objects in Canadian writer Alice Munro's short fiction both reflect socio-economic concerns of pre- and post-WWII Canadian society and complicate common conceptions of deprivation and material ambition. The analyses of "Royal Beatings" and "The Beggar Maid" demonstrate how Munro describes economic hardships, class anxieties, and social discrimination and distinction through items of material culture such as clothes, furniture, and paintings. These objects and their symbolic significance draw attention to the conflicts resulting from the interplay of her characters' upbringings, loyalties, and their longings and aspirations. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Neohelicon is a copyright of Springer, 2020. All Rights Reserved. item: Neohelicon holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2020 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|