False Gods and faultlines: Reading great recession fiction Phillips, Sam E. 2020, False Gods and faultlines: Reading great recession fiction, Ph.D. thesis, School of Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads phillips-falsegods-2021.pdf Connect to thesis application/pdf 3.10MB 23 Title False Gods and faultlines: Reading great recession fiction Author Phillips, Sam E. Institution Deakin University School School of Communication and Creative Arts Faculty Faculty of Arts and Education Degree type Research doctorate Degree name Ph.D. Thesis advisor Potter, Emily Date submitted 2020-11 Summary This study is a cultural materialist analysis of 62 Great Recession novels. It identifies and analyses popular motifs, archetypes, myths and themes circulating within Great Recession fiction. The research finds that, due to the prevalence of realism, the novels often reproduce dominant ideologies, particularly neoliberalism, but also offer critical subversive interventions. Language eng Indigenous content off Field of Research 200599 Literary Studies not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 950203 Languages and Literature Description of original 226 p. Copyright notice ©The author Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30161426 Document type: Thesis Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Communication and Creative Arts Higher degree theses (Open Access) Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 13 Jan 2022, 14:56:05 EST Thu, 13 Jan 2022, 14:59:39 EST Wed, 23 Mar 2022, 13:47:06 EST Wed, 06 Apr 2022, 11:59:44 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 29 Abstract Views, 25 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 13 Jan 2022, 14:55:58 EST by Bec Miller