Culture, capital, and representation
By: edited by Robert J. Balfour
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780230246454
Subjects: European literature; Economics in literature; History and criticism; Capitalism in literature
Description: Culture, Capital and Representation explores how literature, cultural studies and the visual arts represent, interact with, and produce ideas about capital, whether in its early phases (the growth of stock markets) or in its late phase (global speculative capital). Authors in the volume are concerned with the representation of issues such as speculation, displacement, exploitation, capital growth, the decline of the welfare state, and the growth of surplus migrant populations. The contributions range over three centuries and attempt to trace issues arising from the dominance of capitalism, the primary means by which we understand our work, organize economies, and ascribe value to people and money, depending on their location within the capitalist system.
Notes: "In association with the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, and the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London."

Includes bibliographical references and index.