Precarity, Precariousness, Homelessness and the Literature and Ethics of Responsiveness
Anderton, Joseph (2023) Precarity, Precariousness, Homelessness and the Literature and Ethics of Responsiveness. In: Brill Handbook of Literary Criticism and Ethics. Brill. (In Press)
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Abstract
This chapter uses examples from contemporary literature about homelessness and forcible displacement to identify literary intersections with response ethics and related concepts: recognition and framing; witnessing and address; relationality, dispossession and corporeality. I argue that literature on homelessness evokes elements of response ethics in action within the narratives but also that writing and reading these stories is a significant activity in witnessing and responding to the needs of others, particularly by stimulating critical self-reflection on our relative vulnerabilities and possible ethical actions.
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| Subjects: | CAH19 - language and area studies > CAH19-01 - English studies > CAH19-01-03 - literature in English | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts, Design and Media > School of English | ||||
| Depositing User: | Joseph Anderton | ||||
| Date Deposited: | 29 Aug 2023 14:01 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 29 Aug 2023 14:02 | ||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14676 |
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