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THE PROCESS OF ‘THEM’ISATION: A MARXIST READING OF BARRY HINES’S A KESTREL FOR A KNAVE

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THE PROCESS OF ‘THEM’ISATION: A MARXIST READING OF BARRY HINES’S A KESTREL FOR A KNAVE

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The objective of this article is to propose a Marxist reading of Barry Hines’s A Kestrel for a Knave (1968) and to analyse the them-us contradiction through a close reading of the subjective experiences of the protagonist, Billy, in order to put forward that the antagonism between ‘them’ and ‘us’ is, despite the fact that it seems to comply with the Marxist conception of class and class consciousness, perceived more in cultural and personal terms than in economic terms. The article suggests that the lack of a class-conscious approach based on the exploiter and the exploited is, as in the case of Billy and his defiant and self-centred reactions to the world of ‘them’, unable to lead to a radical transformation of the money-oriented world, capitalism, and that this, on the contrary, interpellates Billy, a fictional representative of the socio-historical reality of the English working class, into the totality of the social relations of production and materialises the hegemonic and reductionist politics of power relations. This process will, over the course of the article, be referred to as the process of ‘them’isation. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

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Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

20 Mart 2019

Gönderilme Tarihi

8 Ekim 2018

Kabul Tarihi

17 Şubat 2019

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2019 Cilt: 21 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Bağlama, S. H. (2019). THE PROCESS OF ‘THEM’ISATION: A MARXIST READING OF BARRY HINES’S A KESTREL FOR A KNAVE. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 21(1), 57-66. https://doi.org/10.16953/deusosbil.468202
AMA
1.Bağlama SH. THE PROCESS OF ‘THEM’ISATION: A MARXIST READING OF BARRY HINES’S A KESTREL FOR A KNAVE. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2019;21(1):57-66. doi:10.16953/deusosbil.468202
Chicago
Bağlama, Sercan Hamza. 2019. “THE PROCESS OF ‘THEM’ISATION: A MARXIST READING OF BARRY HINES’S A KESTREL FOR A KNAVE”. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 21 (1): 57-66. https://doi.org/10.16953/deusosbil.468202.
EndNote
Bağlama SH (01 Mart 2019) THE PROCESS OF ‘THEM’ISATION: A MARXIST READING OF BARRY HINES’S A KESTREL FOR A KNAVE. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 21 1 57–66.
IEEE
[1]S. H. Bağlama, “THE PROCESS OF ‘THEM’ISATION: A MARXIST READING OF BARRY HINES’S A KESTREL FOR A KNAVE”, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, c. 21, sy 1, ss. 57–66, Mar. 2019, doi: 10.16953/deusosbil.468202.
ISNAD
Bağlama, Sercan Hamza. “THE PROCESS OF ‘THEM’ISATION: A MARXIST READING OF BARRY HINES’S A KESTREL FOR A KNAVE”. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 21/1 (01 Mart 2019): 57-66. https://doi.org/10.16953/deusosbil.468202.
JAMA
1.Bağlama SH. THE PROCESS OF ‘THEM’ISATION: A MARXIST READING OF BARRY HINES’S A KESTREL FOR A KNAVE. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2019;21:57–66.
MLA
Bağlama, Sercan Hamza. “THE PROCESS OF ‘THEM’ISATION: A MARXIST READING OF BARRY HINES’S A KESTREL FOR A KNAVE”. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, c. 21, sy 1, Mart 2019, ss. 57-66, doi:10.16953/deusosbil.468202.
Vancouver
1.Sercan Hamza Bağlama. THE PROCESS OF ‘THEM’ISATION: A MARXIST READING OF BARRY HINES’S A KESTREL FOR A KNAVE. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 01 Mart 2019;21(1):57-66. doi:10.16953/deusosbil.468202