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A Critical Companion to Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere"“Falling Through the Cracks”: Neverwhere as Social Commentary

A Critical Companion to Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere": “Falling Through the Cracks”: Neverwhere as... [This chapter considers the ways in which works of fantasy in general and Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere in particular are never simply flights of fantasy divorced from the “real world,” but instead are inevitably shaped by and responsive to the circumstances of their production. They show us that the world as it is is not necessarily the way it must be. Neverwhere does this through its interconnected critiques of neoliberal capitalism and Western culture’s failure to care for those most at risk. This chapter accordingly focuses on the competing systems of value associated with London Above and London Below and the novel’s rejection of the logic that equates value with a corporate title and generous bank account balance.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Critical Companion to Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere"“Falling Through the Cracks”: Neverwhere as Social Commentary

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
ISBN
978-3-030-96457-3
Pages
47 –61
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-96458-0_4
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Abstract

[This chapter considers the ways in which works of fantasy in general and Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere in particular are never simply flights of fantasy divorced from the “real world,” but instead are inevitably shaped by and responsive to the circumstances of their production. They show us that the world as it is is not necessarily the way it must be. Neverwhere does this through its interconnected critiques of neoliberal capitalism and Western culture’s failure to care for those most at risk. This chapter accordingly focuses on the competing systems of value associated with London Above and London Below and the novel’s rejection of the logic that equates value with a corporate title and generous bank account balance.]

Published: Jun 1, 2022

Keywords: Capitalism; Economics; Fantasy; Ideology; Magical Markets; Neil Gaiman; Neoliberalism; Neverwhere; Social Critique; Values

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