Narrating the Underclass in Black British Fiction - Anna Lienen Kartoniert (TB)

When one is poor and black it is hard »to come into representation« (Hall New Ethnicities 164). Those on the margins of society are usually talked and written about rather than given a voice of their own. Young black men in particular are stereotyped as criminal and violent as dangerous threats to society. In this context the term >underclassunderclassblack youthunderclass< subjectivities seem to be somewhat overlooked in literary representations and they only appear on the margins of academic research. This study aims at improving this situation by providing a comprehensive analysis of th e representational strategies employed by the selected black British novels as well as discussing the conditions under which black British authors and their work are perceived and marketed by the publishing industry. The analysis draws attention to the way in which structural racism classism and sexism impact protagonists and authors alike.