{"product_id":"writing-unemployment-9781442644335","title":"Writing Unemployment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy bridging close textual readings with book and publishing history, economic and sociological analysis, and original archival research, Writing Unemployment offers new ideas on work by many of Canada's most important writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Highly recommended.' -- T.Ware Choice Magazine vol 51:03:2013 'Jody Mason's impressive new book deploys joblessness, along with the attendant political and cultural strategies developed to combat it.' -- Michael Stewart Canadian Literature Spring 2014 'Writing Unemployment is a fascinating blend of cultural materialism, literary studies, and labour history... The Theoretical and methodological breadth of Jody Mason's argument is impressive... A rich powerful and useful book.' -- Nancy Butler Labour\/Le Travail vol 74:2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  1. Towards A Politics of Mobility: Vagabonds, Hobos, and Pioneers  2. The Politics of Unemployment in Leftist Periodical Cultures, 1930-39  3. Novel Protest in the 1930s  4. The Postwar Compact and the National Bildungsroman  5. New Left Culture and the New Unemployment  Conclusion: Unemployment in Neoliberal Canada","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408366510423,"sku":"9781442644335","price":41.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442644335.jpg?v=1730502645","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/writing-unemployment-9781442644335","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}