Representing Poverty in the Anglophone Postcolonial World

Contributions by Verena Jain-Warden Contributions by Barbara Schmidt-Haberkamp Contributions by Katrin Althans Contributions by Ellen Grünkemeier Contributions by Barbara Korte Contributions by Vijaya John Kohli Contributions by Jan Alber Contributions by Katrin Berndt Contributions by Katharina Engel Contributions by Rainer Hillrichs Contributions by Marion Gymnich Contributions by Miriam Gertzen Contributions by Devindra Kohli Contributions by Miriam Nandi Edited by Verena Jain-Warden Edited by Barbara Schmidt-Haberkamp

Book cover: Representing Poverty in the Anglophone Postcolonial World

Extent: 262 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Cultural Studies, Literary Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(June 2021)

ISBN: 9783847113201

6.3 x 9.25 inches

Price: $69.00

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Originally a concern primarily of social studies and economics, poverty has emerged as a significant thematic focus and analytical tool in literary and cultural studies in the last two decades. The “new poverty studies” are dedicated to analyzing representations of poverty and the poor in literature and the visual arts, in the news media and in social practices. They aim at exploring the frameworks of representation that impact the affective and ethical responses of audiences to disenfranchised groups such as the poor.


Originally a concern primarily of social studies and economics, poverty has emerged as a significant thematic focus and analytical tool in literary and cultural studies in the last two decades. The “new poverty studies” are dedicated to analyzing representations of poverty and the poor in literature and the visual arts, in the news media and in social practices. They aim at exploring the frameworks of representation that impact the affective and ethical responses of audiences to disenfranchised groups such as the poor. The contributions to this volume focus on representations of poverty in the Anglophone postcolonial world, exploring, for example, contemporary discourses on poverty in the UK, filmic representations of Nairobi slums or the agency of the poor in literature from India.

  • Contributions by Verena Jain-Warden
  • Contributions by Barbara Schmidt-Haberkamp
  • Contributions by Katrin Althans
  • Contributions by Ellen Grünkemeier
  • Contributions by Barbara Korte
  • Contributions by Vijaya John Kohli
  • Contributions by Jan Alber
  • Contributions by Katrin Berndt
  • Contributions by Katharina Engel
  • Contributions by Rainer Hillrichs
  • Contributions by Marion Gymnich
  • Contributions by Miriam Gertzen
  • Contributions by Devindra Kohli
  • Contributions by Miriam Nandi
  • Edited by Verena Jain-Warden
  • Edited by Barbara Schmidt-Haberkamp