Trapped in Class?

Berndt, Katrin

doi:10.1007/s11059-020-00550-1

Trapped in Class?

Material Manifestations of Poverty and Prosperity in Alice Munro’s “Royal Beatings” and “The Beggar Maid”

dc.bibliographicCitation.firstPage	521
dc.bibliographicCitation.issue	2
dc.bibliographicCitation.lastPage	535
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume	47
dc.contributor.affiliation	Berndt, Katrin; Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
dc.contributor.author	Berndt, Katrin
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-26T16:03:42Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-26T16:03:42Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.date.updated	2023-05-15T01:03:01Z
dc.description.abstract	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.
dc.description.sponsorship	Projekt DEAL
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s11059-020-00550-1
dc.identifier.uri	http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?fidaac-11858/2975
dc.language.iso	en
dc.relation.issn	0324-4652
dc.relation.journal	Neohelicon
dc.rights	L::CC BY 4.0
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.ddc	ddc:810
dc.subject.field	canadianstudies
dc.subject.field	literarystudies
dc.title	Trapped in Class?
dc.title.alternative	Material Manifestations of Poverty and Prosperity in Alice Munro’s “Royal Beatings” and “The Beggar Maid”
dc.type	article
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