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Widespread panic once generated by 'tramps' produced interdisciplinary and international dialogue on race, work, and welfare

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"By reading the figure of the tramp across literary narratives and articulations of the welfare state, The American Vagrant in Literature situates the white, male tramp as a generative figure for liberal welfare reform and rehabilitation. Yazell's work models an exciting comparative approach to both vagrancy narratives and the international emergence of the welfare state, as well as a methodology attuned to literature as both an instrument and, at times, a counterbalance to governmentality." -Hsuan L. Hsu, University of California, Davis

The American Vagrant in Literature

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 17/04/2023
      ISBN13: 9781399506717, 978-1399506717
      ISBN10: 1399506714

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Widespread panic once generated by 'tramps' produced interdisciplinary and international dialogue on race, work, and welfare

      Trade Review
      "By reading the figure of the tramp across literary narratives and articulations of the welfare state, The American Vagrant in Literature situates the white, male tramp as a generative figure for liberal welfare reform and rehabilitation. Yazell's work models an exciting comparative approach to both vagrancy narratives and the international emergence of the welfare state, as well as a methodology attuned to literature as both an instrument and, at times, a counterbalance to governmentality." -Hsuan L. Hsu, University of California, Davis

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