BIBFRAME Work

Title

Class on page and stage

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Attfield, Sarah (author)

Subject

• Australian literature--21st century--History and criticism (LCSH)
• Theater--Australia--History--21st century (LCSH)
• Working class in literature (LCSH)

Genre Form

• Literary criticism (LCGFT)

Language

• English

Classification

• LCC: PR9605.5.W67 A88 2025 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
• DDC: 820.80940905 (Assigner: dlc)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

"This book explores how working-class experience is represented in contemporary Australian literature and theatre and asks whether working-class stories continue to be underrepresented in the contemporary Australian literary scene. The book examines a wide range of examples from published Australian fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry and theatre that has working-class content, and considers what kinds of representations are present in these works. Is the nuance of working-class life being included? Do the authors challenge stereotypes? What kinds of stories are privileged? Who is writing about working-class people? And what can we learn about working-class Australia from reading contemporary literature? The book also takes an intersectional approach and considers how contemporary Australian authors and playwrights such as Melissa Lucashenko, Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Tony Birch and Alana Valentine show the intersections of class with race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality"-- Provided by publisher.

Authorized Access Point

Attfield, Sarah. Class on page and stage

Geographic Coverage

• Australia

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:14:04.255107+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23947713

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc