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Parts of chapter 3 are adapted from Sonali Perera, “rethinking Working-Class Literature: Feminism, Globalization, and Socialist Ethics,” Differences 19.1 (2008): 1–31.
Part of the introduction is adapted from Sonali Perera, “Working-Class Writing and the Use Value of the Literary,” which appeared in PMLA 127.4 (October 2012): 932–938. Reprinted by permission of the copyright owner, The Modern Language Association of America.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Perera, Sonali, 1971–
No Country : working-class writing in the age of globalization /
Sonali Perera.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-231-15194-8 (cloth : acid-free paper)
—ISBN 978-0-231-52544-2 (electronic)
1. Working class writings—History and criticism. 2. Working class in literature. I. Title.
PN56.L22P47 2013
809’.93355—dc23
2013012758
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