Our best selves : J.G. Ballard, Jennifer Egan, and conceptions of happiness under neoliberalism

In this thesis, I seek to explore conceptions of happiness under neoliberalism through an investigation of contemporary literature, looking at the work of J.G. Ballard and Jennifer Egan. I have sought to offer a loosely Foucauldian reading of the way in which happiness has come to operate as a form...

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Main Author: Malone, Patricia
Other Authors: Pepper, Andrew
Published: Queen's University Belfast 2018
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.737780