No, We Can’t: Racial Tensions and the Great Recession in Benjamin Markovits’ “Obama-Era Novel” You Don’t Have to Live Like This
The aims of the paper are twofold. Firstly, it analyses Benjamin Markovits’ 2015 novel You Don’t Have to Live Like This as an example of the nascent genre of the “Obama-era novel.” Set in Detroit during Obama’s supposedly post-racial presidency, Markovits’ work offers a critical assessment of its l...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Polish Association for the Study of English
2021-01-01
|
| Series: | Polish Journal of English Studies |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://pjes.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/PJES_7-1_4_Ewa_Kowal.pdf |