Glue, the Trainspotting novels and transition from working-class solidarity to neoliberal entrepreneurship

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Autor(a) principal: Santos Neto, Amaury Garcia
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Ilha do Desterro
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/74649
Resumo: This article discusses some of Irvine Welsh’s novels considering the period of transition from industrial to post-industrial society. We focus on the effects of this shift on fictional characters who originate from the working classes in Edinburgh, as represented in Welsh’s Glue (2001) and the Trainspotting Novels. As such works cover the period from the early 1970’s to the late 2010’s, Welsh evidences the move from the traditional working-class ethos, typified by Union solidarity, to the neoliberal culture of entrepreneurship and its related negative aspects. We propose to discuss how Welsh depicts neoliberal practices either rendering workers redundant for the new circumstances or creating new ways to exploit labour.
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spelling Glue, the Trainspotting novels and transition from working-class solidarity to neoliberal entrepreneurshipGlue, os romances de Trainspotting e a transição da solidariedade da classe trabalhadora para o empreendedorismo neoliberalThis article discusses some of Irvine Welsh’s novels considering the period of transition from industrial to post-industrial society. We focus on the effects of this shift on fictional characters who originate from the working classes in Edinburgh, as represented in Welsh’s Glue (2001) and the Trainspotting Novels. As such works cover the period from the early 1970’s to the late 2010’s, Welsh evidences the move from the traditional working-class ethos, typified by Union solidarity, to the neoliberal culture of entrepreneurship and its related negative aspects. We propose to discuss how Welsh depicts neoliberal practices either rendering workers redundant for the new circumstances or creating new ways to exploit labour.Este artigo discute alguns dos romances de Irvine Welsh, considerando o período de transição da sociedade industrial para a pós-industrial. Nós nos concentramos nos efeitos dessa mudança em personagens fictícios oriundos  das classes trabalhadoras em Edimburgo, conforme representado em Glue (2001) de Welsh e nos romances Trainspotting. Como essas obras cobrem o período do início dos anos 1970 ao final de 2010, Welsh evidencia a mudança do ethos tradicional da classe trabalhadora, tipificado pela solidariedade sindical, para a cultura neoliberal de empreendedorismo e seus aspectos negativos. Propomos discutir como Welsh descreve as práticas neoliberais, representando os trabalhadores como redundantes devido às novas circunstâncias ou criando novas formas de exploraçãodo trabalho.UFSC2021-01-28info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionLiterary and sociohistorical analysisapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/7464910.5007/2175-8026.2021.e74649Ilha do Desterro A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies; Vol. 74 No. 1 (2021): LiteratureIlha do Desterro A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies; v. 74 n. 1 (2021): Literatura2175-80260101-4846reponame:Ilha do Desterroinstname:Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)instacron:UFSCenghttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/74649/45291Copyright (c) 2020 Amaury Garcia Santos Netohttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSantos Neto, Amaury Garcia2021-01-28T02:23:10Zoai:periodicos.ufsc.br:article/74649Revistahttp://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterroPUBhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/oaiilha@cce.ufsc.br||corseuil@cce.ufsc.br||ilhadodesterro@gmail.com2175-80260101-4846opendoar:2021-01-28T02:23:10Ilha do Desterro - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)false
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Glue, os romances de Trainspotting e a transição da solidariedade da classe trabalhadora para o empreendedorismo neoliberal
title Glue, the Trainspotting novels and transition from working-class solidarity to neoliberal entrepreneurship
spellingShingle Glue, the Trainspotting novels and transition from working-class solidarity to neoliberal entrepreneurship
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title_short Glue, the Trainspotting novels and transition from working-class solidarity to neoliberal entrepreneurship
title_full Glue, the Trainspotting novels and transition from working-class solidarity to neoliberal entrepreneurship
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description This article discusses some of Irvine Welsh’s novels considering the period of transition from industrial to post-industrial society. We focus on the effects of this shift on fictional characters who originate from the working classes in Edinburgh, as represented in Welsh’s Glue (2001) and the Trainspotting Novels. As such works cover the period from the early 1970’s to the late 2010’s, Welsh evidences the move from the traditional working-class ethos, typified by Union solidarity, to the neoliberal culture of entrepreneurship and its related negative aspects. We propose to discuss how Welsh depicts neoliberal practices either rendering workers redundant for the new circumstances or creating new ways to exploit labour.
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