Space, Place and Capitalism

The Literary Geographies of The Unknown Industrial Prisoner

AvBrett Heino

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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This book is an original contribution to literary geography and commentaries on the work of David Ireland. It plots the relationship between the spaces and places of 1970s Australian capitalism as it evolves through Ireland’s 1971 Miles Franklin prize-winning novel The Unknown Industrial Prisoner. In particular, the book theorises the relationship between space and place in literature through two highly innovative arguments: a focus on the spatial unconscious as a means to assess and track the spatiality of capitalism in the novel form; and the articulation of a regime of space through the perceived, conceived and lived constitution of space. Drawing together concepts from radical geography and structural Marxist literary theory, it explores the dominance of the regime of abstract space in the Australian context. The text also examines the nature and possibilities of place-based strategies of resistance, and concludes by suggesting opportunities for futureresearch and plotting the ways in which The Unknown Industrial Prisoner continues to speak to contemporary Australia.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-07-31
Mått:148 x 210 x 17 mm
Vikt:398 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:204
Upplaga:21001
Förlag:Springer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN:9789811642616

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Brett Heino is a legal scholar and historian at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. His current research revolves around literary geography, focusing in particular upon literature as a means to understanding the spatial history and relationships of Australian capitalism. He is the author of Regulation Theory and Australian Capitalism: Rethinking Social Justice and Labour Law (2017), as well as articles on literary theory, trading hours legislation, occupational health and safety, and trade union mobilisation.

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“Heino’s project is a compelling one. His efforts to demonstrate the power of literary geography to analyse class and power issues work well in relation to his analysis of The Unidentified Industrial Prisoner. His book is a timely reminder of the power inherent in Australian literature, which still deserves recognition among the ‘old world’ reading publics.” (Dave McLaughlin, Environment, Space, Place, Vol. 14 (2), 2022)

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Space and place in radical geography.- Chapter 3: Literary geography, the spatial unconscious and The Unknown Industrial Prisoner.- Chapter 4: Abstract space (with antipodean characteristics?).- Chapter 5: The spatial state.- Chapter 6: Resistance – the struggle for place.- Chapter 7: The limits to the Home Beautiful.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.